By 1978. Cubans controlled 14 of 67 commercial banks in Miami. In 1971. there were 3 bank presidents. 21 vice presidents. and 500 officers of Cuban origin. by 1980. the number of bank presidents of Cuban origin had grown to Now how about these poor. homeless refugees going on welfare. Did they swamp the welfare rolls? Consider: Reliable reports from Miami indicated that less than 5 percent of the refugees evereverat any time. required any welfare assistance. and then only for short periods of time. This was not achieved by luck or chance. The Cubans planned it that way and worked at it. Under "Training for Independence." receipt of welfare checks for unskilled female heads of household was made contingent on their attendance at job training sessions. How did this succeed? A Cuban refugee pamphlet describes the result: Whereas in mid1964. when the project was launched. there were 3.800 female heads of families who were dependent upon public assistance. in January 1968. after new arrivals had been coming in at the rate of 200 a day for almost 2 years. only 341 female heads of families were receiving public assistance. In 1977. David Caveda. a Cuban leader and manufacturers representative in Columbus.
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