European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Up cuban exiles have put imprint on 40-Block Swath of Miami. Get tin by Matthew t. Kenny up staff writer the indians gave Miami its Nam and the tourists made it world famous As a place for Sun worshipping. Now As the Mecca of cuban exiles Miami is acquiring a latin look that is More than skin deep. With one out of every four person living in Miami a cuban refugee some Miami ans get the feeling they Are foreigners in their own City. The ratio of exiles in bade county is 16 of every100 residents. The sound of Spanish permeate s Theair. Even a deaf american would be aware of the linguistic Impact because Spanish is seen everywhere from traffic signs to income tax instructions. These sounds and sights including shapely cuban girls in their hip hugging skirts Are bolstered by smells the smoke of roasting Coffee the Aroma of roast pig the scent of cuban cigars made in Florida. Coast guard keeps tally on cuban refugee boats As exiles reach 120,000 in Miami. Miami in the manner of Montreal is a bilingual City. In some areas the concentration of cubans is so great thata native May find it difficult to be understood in  Are still More cubans in Havana about a million than in the Miami area a very conservative Esti mate 129,000but there Are times when it seems otherwise. Little Havana a 40-Block swat through the heart of Central Miami is the gaily lighted Core of cuban exile Doni. But other crowded Cloisters of refugees have burgeoned in adjacent communities. A big sign that proclaims a Little bit of Brooklyn in Havana  is the Way one whimsical restaurant owner retains his identity in the on Rushing cuban tide. In contrast to the scores of shops wit the words be Habla Espanol Aqui on their windows there is at least one store owner in humorous retaliation perhaps who has lettered English spoken Here on his window. For the most part Miami ans have welcomed the refugees. Even As the number of exiles mounted Over the Pas nine years they have by and Large demonstrated generosity tolerance and Good  humanitarian attitude has in turn brought economic and also Cul Tural benefits to the City in the opinion of local officials and  which were on the verge of be coming slums when the Money Short cubans moved into them have been turned into prosperous and attractive properties by their new occupants who in increasing numbers Are becoming  University of Miami in a major study concluded that any problem stemming from the exile influx have been far outweighed by the benefits bestowed on Miami by the cubans. One problem has been the cuban Impact on negro workers. Negro spokes men contend they have been edged out of jobs that were previously open to them. Three factors have kept unemployment at a minimum experts  is the substantial growth of Light industries and business in general during the past five years. Another is that the cubans have developed their own businesses stores restaurants and manufacturing plants which employ fellow cubans and which Cater to  third is the Federal refugee pro Grams which resettle the majority of the incoming cubans in other communities and provide Relief funds for the hard Core of unemployable cubans mostly elderly persons or those in poo health. They number a fairly steady total of 14,000 to 15,000 year in handout. The Florida state employment serv ice in Miami has no Clear Cut figures on cuban unemployment. We Don classify the Irish German or any eth Nic group that Way either a spokes Man said. The Overall percentage of unemployment in Dade county is Only 2.7 of the total work Force including cubans. The spokesman added that is the lowest rate for this area in Many  indications Are that cuban unemployment is extremely Low. To Mon Lav. June 3, 1968 the stars and stripes _ he University of Miami study found that the educational backgrounds of the refugees was High. It said the percentage of those who completed four or More years of College was higher than Dade county s average which was said to be higher than the . National average. More than 370,000 cubans arc Esti mated to have entered the United states since Fidel Castro came to powering 1959. The .-operated cuban Refu gee Airlift brings in an average of 90