DescriptionThe newspaper clippings of February 1957 highlight two aspects of the Hungarian refugee crisis: One, it documents President Eisenhower's proposal to increase the annual immigrant permits so that more Hungarian refugees can be admitted to US. Second, it focuses on the growing unrest amongst the Hungarian refugees in Austria who hoped to be given asylum in the US.
The reproduced documents represent one folder from the Hungarian Refugee Relief Files, an archival series included in the Tracy S. Voorhees Papers, a manuscript collection owned by Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries. For background information concerning Voorhees and the entire contents of the Hungarian Refugee Relief Files, consult (http://hi.rutgers.edu/resources/resourcesrefugees#pres-committe-relief).
NoteNewspaper Clippings, February 1957, Hungarian Refugee Relief Files, Tracy S. Voorhees Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
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