I remember two years ago we had a bill fathered by that distinguished former Senator from Mississippi. Mr. Williams. who wanted to admit 25.000 Armenian refugees over and above the quota. The heart of Congress for a moment seemed about to soften. It was not so long after we had fought that bill and had killed it. I am glad to say. that we began to get reports from the 25.000 Armenian refugees. We discovered that 80 per cent of them had either tuberculosis or syphilis. or some other communicable disease. that would have made them absolutely ineligible if we brought them here. We would have done a fine piece of charity to those 25.000 Armenians to give them a trip across the ocean and then turn them away and send them back to Armenia.
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80% of Armenian refugees have tuberculosis, syphilis, or some other communicable disease.