New federal legislation permitting an increase of immigration of refugees into the United States by 20,000, and increasing American refugee relief expenditures by $10,000,000 above the funds already sought by President Eisenhower, were requested today by the United States Committee for Refugees.
The committee, headed by the Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre, Jr., dean of the Cathedral at Washington, D. C., is the American group formed for this country’s participation in World Refugee Year. The special period for alerting the world to the need for definitive solutions of all refugee problems has been set up by the United Nations, and will be launched officially July 1.
The U. S. Committee called for the additional $10,000,000 appropriation above the $18,500,000 for refugee relief already requested in President Eisenhower’s budget message. In addition to more money, and to raising the immigration quota by 20,000, the committee is advocating also the allocation of additional surplus commodities from the U.S.A. toward refugee relief, and the raising of $20,000,000 for refugee relief programs by private American agencies.
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