He did not wish to comment on specific language in any of the pending bills. But he authorized me to state his own views on certain questions of principle that are involved in some of the pending bills. The President deeply deplores the provisions of a bill reported out of committee which discriminates against displaced persons and refugees from many countries and. areas. Mr. President. the bill discriminates against refugees from the western twothirds of Poland. The bill also discriminates against displaced persons and refugees from all of Yugoslavia. The same bill discriminates against refugees from all of Czechoslovakia. The bill discriminates against refugees from Hungary. Finland. and similarareas. The President emphasized the fact that our own citizenship has long included great numbers of immigrants from those countries. and their descendants. He ezhphasized their outstanding contribution to our national achievements. The President asks why any congressional committee should now see inything wrong in those racial strains which have helped to make our Nation so great.
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