The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-03-19

with a recommendation that t.
Refugees address new appeals
to replenish his nearly exhaust
At the same time, the Advisory
Committee urged the High Com
missioner, Dr.. G. J. van Heuyen
Goedhart, to seek IN authorize
ton for Z program of permanent
solution of the problems OF the ref
ugees within his mandate.
Referring to his failure to raise
the full million dollars for the
Emergency Fund, the High Com
missioner expressed his bitter dis
appointment that the free world
has not been able to give the little
money needed"
"The refugees" he said, "are
bearing the burden OF freedom for
all of US in the struggle between
freedom and domination. / want
to believe in the possibilities of
program for aid TO refugees. Only
if | have the final proof that the
United Nations are unable, or un-
willing, or both, to provide that
minimum OF the minimum shall
report to the Committee that have
lost faith in the United Nations"
The High Commissioner warm
IY thanked His Holiness Pope Pi-
US XII who, he said, had recently
given $1,000 IS q token contribu-
fion 70 the Emergency Fund. He
said he saw in the gift another
expression Of fhe Pope's abiding
concern for the homeless.
The United States has made no
contribution to the Emergency
Fund, contending that IFS coopera-
ton with other refugee programs
acquitS it of responsibility to aid
those under his mandate, the High
Commissioner stated. He added
that, unhappily, this example had
been invoked by other nations.
(The United States participates
in the Intergovernmental Commit
tee for European Migration, which
is currently finding new homes for
600 refugees a month in different
parts of the world, and has its own
EScapee Program to assist those
fleeing from communist tyranny.
Under emergency legislation, Con
greSs has authorized the admission
of 214,000 additional immigrants to
the United States over the next
three years, but there has been
widespread complaint over the ad-
ministration of the program, partic-
ularly over the red tape which has
delayed admission of immigrants.)
The program of a permanent so
luton of the refugee problem for
which the Advisory Committee di-
rected the High Commissioner to
seek UN approval would try to in
tegrate the refugees into the econ
omieS of the countries where they
find themselves.
WRS Prominent
Voluntary agencies - prominent
among them is War Relief Services
National Catholic Welfare Con-
ference-would administer the pro-
gram, which would take advantage
of the experience gained through
the pilot plans made possible by
the nearly S3,000,000 Ford Founda-
ton grant.
1t was pointed out that the prob
lem of the refugees cannot be solv-
ed by exporting it. !" Through loans
to families, plus occupationsl re
training, many of the homeless can
be aided to establish new lives in
European countries of asylum, del
egates stated.
In this connection, the High Com
missioner paid tribute to the poll
cieS of the West German govern
ment. He said that West Germany
"is the only country where the
camp population has been consid-
erably reduced"
Msgr. Mario Brini, the delegate /
of the Holy See, said he found real .
value in the proposals for perma-
nent integration of the homeless. 1
He assured his fellow members of !
the Advisory Committee that Cath |
olics throughout the world were I
"devoting much energy TO the solu- /
ton of the refugee problem on a
permanent basis and will give sup |