Many of them do not dare return home because of welljustified fear of persecution. Although the occupied countries must contribute to their support. basic care and maintenance must be continued for them and arrangements must be made for their eventual repatriation or resettlement. Up to now responsibility for this essentially civilian problem has been divided between the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. the InterGovernmental Committee on Refugees. the American. British. and French Armiesa wasteful. expensive. confusing. unsatisfactory system. Twothirds of the displaced persons are under the American flag. a charge on the American taxpayers. Our failure to Join the International Refugee Organization would be tantamount to a rejection of the idea of international effort as the ideal medium for the solution of humanitys problems. Thus. the underlying unity of all world organizations. and particularly of the United Nations. would be seriously prejudiced by our stand.
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