Fraternity-Testvériség, 1958 (36. évfolyam, 1-11. szám)
1958-02-01 / 2. szám
10 FRATERNITY HUNGARIAN REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT Dr. George N. Shuster, President of the American Immigration Conference, and Dr. Donald R Young, President of the National Council on Naturalization and Citizenship, recently released for these organizations a joint study on “Hungarian Refugee Resettlement in the United States”. This study has particular significance in view of the fact that it practically coincides with the government’s termination of its program for admitting Hungarian parolees. First of its kind, the study deals with resettlement of Hungarian refugees in 19 communities where one-third of the total 38,000 who fled to the United States settled. The communities are: Boston, Massachusetts; Bridgeport, Connecticut; Buffalo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; Cleveland, Ohio; Denver, Colorado; Detroit, Michigan; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Newark, New Jersey; New Orleans, Louisiana; New York City, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; St. Louis, Missouri; San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; South Bend, Indiana. Facts were obtained by questionnaire principally from the local affiliates of the national voluntary resettlement agencies of the major faiths. These agencies by far brought the largest percentage of refugees to the community, and are: Catholic Relief Services (NCWC), Church World Service, Lutheran Refugee Service, and United HIAS Service. Affiliates of other national organizations cooperating in the fact finding included: American Federation of International Institutes, International Rescue Committee, and United Community Funds and Councils of America, Inc. The study was prepared by the Joint Committee on Integration of the American Immigration Conference and the National Council on Naturalization and Citizenship under the direction of its Chairman, Dr. William S. Bernard, who is Executive Director of the American Federation of International Institutes. The introduction of the study states: “. . . it is hoped that the inquiry may provide some guidelines to the resettlement problems, techniques and solutions that grew out of one of the most significant and dramatic human crises of our time, the Hungarian revolt against Communism and the resultant mass exodus to the Free World. In this twentieth century Era of the Dispossessed hte unfortunate refugee is more than a symbol. He is a fact of political, economic and social life. We must examine our own experiences in resettlement and then plan carefully and proceed wisely if we are to help him help himself toward integration and adjustment in his new homeland.” The community problems considered included source of refugee sponsorship, community action, employment, housing, language difficulty, edu
