Committee for Hungarian Refugee Relief
- Committee for Hungarian Refugee Relief
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The US President’s Committee for Hungarian Refugee Relief was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on December 12, 1956. Tracy S. Voorhees served as Chairman.[1] The need for such a committee came about as a result of the United States’ desire to provide for a share of the Hungarians who fled their country beginning in October 1956. The Committee operated until May 1957. During this time, the Committee helped re-settle in the United States over 30,000 Hungarian refugees.[2] The Committee’s small staff was funded from the Special Projects Group appropriation.
Duties and objectives
- To assist in every way possible the various religious and other voluntary agencies engaged in work for Hungarian refugees.
- To coordinate the efforts of these agencies, with special emphasis on those activities related to resettlement of the refugees. The Committee also served as a focal point to which offers of homes and jobs could be forwarded.
- To coordinate the efforts of the voluntary agencies with the work of the interested governmental departments.
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External links
Categories:
- 1956 establishments
- 1957 disestablishments
- United States national commissions
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