Mr. Speaker. one of the earliest and major contributors to the Cuban refugee relief program has been the wellknown International Rescue Committee. Inc.. with headquarters in New York. The committee instituted its Caribbean program on July 13. 1960. Since that time. it has helped 20.000 Cuban refugees. some 12.000 in the Miami area and about 8.000 elsewhere. primarily New York. New Jersey. and southern Connecticut. One thousand four hundred were resettled from Miami. and more than 3.000 job opportunities were secured for refugees who turned to the committee for help. New registrations in Miami and New York average 250 a week. or almost 600 people if family members are included. Facing a caseload of 30.000 Cuban refugees by the end of the year. the committee is facing a grave financial crisis. After the revolution In Hungary in 1956. more than 38.000 Hungarians entered this country. For this gigantic relief program. the committee received a total of $3 million with which it aided In resettling these refugees from oppression. I point out that by the end of this year. we expect to have received on our shores more than 150.000 refugees from Communistinfected Cubamore than three times the number of Hungarians. The total program for the Cuban refugees relief program for the year 196061 was financed by the committee with $350.000 raised by June 30 of this year. In comparison to the $3 million donated for. the Hungarians. this Is a meager figure indeed for the existing program of relief and assistance. Not less than a million dollars is needed now for IECs share of emergency assistance. a steppedup resettlement program. and Intensive retraining.
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