Mr. President. for generations the worlds refugees have looked to the International Rescue Committee [IRC] for encouragement and support as they face the daunting challenge of leaving their homeland and finding asylum abroad. The International Rescue Committee was founded by Albert Einstein in 1933 to come to the aid of refugees from Nazithreatened Europe. Its first chairman was the great theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. When Dr. Niebuhr stepped aside as chairman his place was taken by Leo Cherne. a distinguished economist and the founder and president of the Research Institute of America. That was more than 40 years ago. and in that time the IRC has grown in international stature and fame.
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