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The Council was able to secure a total of 327 professional placementsnot including the positions which many applicants found on their own as a result of ACEPs counseling. In addition. 76 interim jobs were secured for applicants while they perfected their English or prepared for ultimate professional employment. As in the past. special orientation or retraining courses were offered to channel the talents of refugee professionals into areas where there is acute need for trained personnel. Some of the areas of most urgent need for trained personnel are: the LawyerLibrarian Project. the Volunteer English Tutoring Project in which 65 volunteers give personalized English tutoring to 780 students. and the Social Work Project for Spanishspeaking applicants. with the development this past year of two threemonth Institutes for the intensive training of Social Work Aides. directed toward providing Spanishspeaking personnel for community agencies participating In the AntiPoverty Program. A special retraining project to enable Spanishtrained elementary and secondary school teachers to qualify for certification to teach in New York public. independent and parochial schools was developed in cooperation with Teachers College. Columbia University. and special financing was arranged through a foundation. It is currently underway. with twentyfive teachers now enrolled in language laboratories preparatory to fulltime study toward a Masters degree in education. Other retraining projects for selected refugee physicians. dentists and pharmacists to enter the field of public health. and lawyers to qualify for business administration opportunities are planned for the coming year and await only funds for their implementation. The American Council for Judaism Philanthropic Fund. 201 East 57th Street. New York. N.Y. Dedicated to the belief that Jews can be at home in every truly free society. last year the Fund assisted 2.300 North Africans of Jewish faith who have chosen to live in France. and over 500 refugees from behind the Iron Curtain to resettle in countries of their own choice. It again awarded two scholarships to Arab refugees in UNRWA training schools and made grants to the Shaare Zedek Hospital and The Association for the Blind in Israel. American Council for Nationalities Service (ACNS). 20 West 40th Street. New York N.Y. ACNS and its member agencies are primarily concerned with services to immigrants and refugees after they arrive in American communities. These services are designed to aid in their adjustment and integration. ACNS also helps in the resettlement of refugees and is particularly Involved today with refugees from Cuba and Hong Kong. In the Cuban program. ACNS cooperates actively with the several resettlement agencies. aiding in finding jobs and housing. Member agencies of ACNS. which number 36 in 18 different states. also seek to stimulate and maintain a spirit of "welcome" and acceptance for the foreign born. To this end. member agencies have oganized nondenominational resettlement committees composed of representative elements in the community. During 1965. ACNS and its member agencies provided casework services to more than 45.000 immigrants and refugees and group work activities for some 225.000 persons of foreign birth or parentage. American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees. Inc. (AECTR). 1790 Broadway. Room 705. New York. N.Y. The American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees. Inc. was founded in the spring of 1959. when the Dalai Lama led the flight of Tibetan refugees from the brutalities and ruthlessness of the Communist invaders. It was the first voluntary agency to come to the aid of these unfortunate victims of aggression. The first phase of AECTR aid to the Tibetan refugees was concerned with emergency help. Working in close cooperation with the Indian government. AECTR assisted in setting up primary shelter camps and meeting the urgent needs of clothing. medicines. food and shelter. Gradually. over the years. the emphasis of the program has shifted toward rehabilitation and reeducationto get the refugees settled. help them achieve selfsupport. learn new languages and customs. and become an Integral part of their new environment. AECTR gives support to refugees in India. Bhutan and Nepal. To assist the approximately 6.000 small Tibetan refugee children who are either orphaned or separated from their families. AECTR has instituted an "adopt a homeless Tibetan child" program. The cost is $15.00 per month. or $180.00 per year. "Adopting parents." who may be individuals or organizations. may indicate their preference for a boy or girl and will be supplied additional details about the child on request.