Mr. President. what has caused me to criticize in my mindI have not as yet had a chance to votethe proposed refugee legislation Is the fact that it seems to provide for admitting all these children from a very particular and limited portion of the territory of the world. There are thousands of children in Spain and in other nations whose people have been subjected to war and to hardships of all kinds. I do not know how the United States can justify limiting its humanity and its efforts to serve humanity to 10.000 a year. and limiting that 10.000 to those who may come from a particular region or territory. when suffering is just as great and humanitarian demands just as clear in other parts of the world as in the particular country frcm which it is proposed that refugee children shall be admitted. I think those who are trying to solve the question should take into consideration that we ought to perform the service on a broader scale or not at all. We ought not to permit what I think is a touch of politics in the question of the admission of refugees. If we are starting in to sacrifice our immigration laws under the plea of humanity. let us make cur humanity as broad as our sacrifice.
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