The pending legislation is desirable from every standpoint The problem of displaced persons is certainly one of international concern. There is certainly no valid reason why the United States should alone be responsible for its solution or should alone carry the heavy burden it imposes. The International Refugee Organization will relieve us of a great part of the burden and much of the responsibility. Our membership in the Organization imposes no obligation other than the payment of our annual contribution. and this. as has been shown. is for the first year. $56.500.000 less than we have heretofore been contributing for the same purpose. From time to time I have been asked whether or not this legislation would in any way change or modify our immigration laws. Some inquirers have expressed the fear that in some manner the resolution might open the door for admission of a number of refugees or displaced persons into the United States. regardless of our immigration regulations. Such fears are entirely groundless and unwarranted. The Committee on Foreign Affairs saw to it that an amendment. written in the bill before its passage by the Senate. was incorporated in the measure we are now considering. That amendment clearly and expressly provides against any modification or abrogation of our immigration laws by this resolution and specifically inhibits the admittance into the country. or settlement or resettlement herein. of any person or persons without prior approval of Congress. The amendment further provides that the resolution shall not be construed as such prior approval. This safeguard Is certainly ample and its language certainly cannot be misinterpreted-.
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