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RESOLuTI N
A RESOLUTION URGING THE CITY O1" MIAMI,
WITH THE ASSISTANCE DF VOLUNARY RE-
SETTLEMEN ' AGENCIES AND LOCAL VOLUNTARY
AND CIVIC ORGANIEATION8, TO (rOIN WITH
THE EEEERAL AND STATE GOvERNMEN' 'S IN
ASSUMING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
SPONSORSHIP, RESETTLEMENT AND ASSIMI-
CATION OF INDOCHINESE REFUGEES INTO
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES, NOTHING HEREIN
IMPLYING ANY FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
ON THE PART OF THE CITY or MIAMI.
WHEREAS, the United States of America has been, from
its earliest days, a haven and a refuge for the poor, the oppressed,
the dispossessed, and those seeking to lead a life of independence
in a land of liberty and
WHEREAS, the United States is now host to the tragic
remnants of the suffering in Indo-China; and
WHEREAS, the task of assisting those refugees is one
which cannot be successfully accomplished unless it is broadly
attempted by all of our people; and
WHEREAS, the U. S. Senate on June 18, 1975, passed a
similar resolution; and
WHEREAS, the U. S. Conference of Mayors, on July 7,
1975, passed as its official policy an identical resolution;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMIyS
THE CITY OF MIAMiI, FLORIDA:
Section 1, The City of Miami is hereby urged, with
the assistance of voluntary resettlement agencies and local
voluntary and civic organizations, to join with the Federal and
CITY COMMISSION
MEETING OF
JUL 1^•71975
RESOLUiwn nu.l.J - ( P/
REMARKS: ,
ity clerk
• 'Mate governments in• assuming •responsibility fba the sponsc
ship, resettlement and assimilation bf Indochinese refugees
into American comrnunitiesy nothing herein implying any finan-
cial responsibility on the part of the City of .Miami.
PASSED AND ADOPTEb •this:, 17th dad of_ .July _
1975.
MAURICE A. F'ERRE
MAYOR
Atte
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
JOHN S. LLOYD,
City Attorney
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