Chairman. I desire to say to my colleague from New York . who has an amendment to the committee amendment. that the Secretary of Labor will determine what aliens should be admitted because of religious persecution. Under the committee amendment the alien must .satisfy the immigration officer or the Secretary of Labor that he is seeking admission to the United States to avoid religious persecution. I go further. and say to him that I do believe that In Poland there -was and is religious persecution and discrinination against the Jews. Among other ideals. this Government was founded on the theory of freedom of religious belief. and if we do nothing more by the adoption of the committee amendment than to serve notice on all foreign Governments that we are against persecution or discrimination against anyone because of religious belief we will have accomplished a great deal for humanity.
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