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Likewise. the Poles are fleeing from the Communistcontrolled domain. and the Latvians. Lithuanians. and Esthonians are likewise opposed to communism. He should know that our immigration laws screen immigrants and exclude all Communists and Nihilists and the other categories he mentioned. Further. you do not find the Communist Party or any Communists advocating the entrance of these displaced persons or refugees into this country. You do not find anybody in the Communist Party advocating the entrance of these people because they know they are opposed to communism. Refugees. particularly refugee scientists who came to the United States. have enriched this country. They worked on nuclear fission. on aerodynamics. on meteorology. on ballistics and on engineering devices. their researches were immediately and eagerly demanded because of their practical and terrible applicability to the course of the war. The full story of the role that refugee scientists played in the prosecution of the war has not yet been revealed. Of course. the gentleman from Mississippi closes his eyes to these facts. For example. Dr. Ernst Bari. who had been chief chemist for AustriaHungary in World War I. came as a refugee to the United States in 1933 and turned his worldrenowned skill in chemistry and explosives against the Axis nations. He was a member of the United States Explosives Advisory Committee and cooperated with the United States Chemical Warfare Service and the Navy Ordnance Department. A number of refugee scientists worked in atomic energy: Hans Bethe. Enrico Fermi. Albert Einsteinwho suggested the war Manhattan project to RooseveltJames Franck. and many others. The names of at least nine refugee scientists have appeared in connection with the development In this country of the atomic bomb. and others may become public as more of the details of the project become common property. The tremendously practical contributions made by the refugee scientists to their new homeland during time of war will certainly have their counterpart in the peacetime world. They have proved themselves beyond any doubt loyal and patriotic members of American society. ready to share with their new compatriots their intellectual gifts and achievements. Of course. facts of this character mean nothing to the gentleman from Mississippi.