I think that is covered In the report. No one has ever suggested simply picking up any specified number from the camps abroad and dumping them at the port of disembarkation in the United States to fend for themselves. as used to happen in our early immigration days. The foregoing being the situation. it would seem that the ceiling should be set at a figure which. together with the resettlement which can be expected to take place in other countries of the world. will actually solve our displaced persons problem and make it unnecessary for the American taxpayer further to contribute -to their support in Germany and Austria. I emphasize that particularly as I go along. because unless we think in terms of a solution of this problem we are going to be left in another year or two with some unplaced persons abroad who have not been placed in other countries. and have not been placed in our country. and we cannot place them here because of the limitation on the number. and we shall still have the problem of feeding the destitute people. I am thinking in terms of the overall problem. and not of a temporary expedient by letting in a few persons. There is. however. nothing in the report of the Senate Judiciary Committee or the subcommittee of the House Foreign Relations Committee. or in the evidence of the Secretary of State and his assistants. or in the reports from the International Refugee Organization. which is engaged in promoting resettlement. that would indicate that the numbers which are being. or will be. admitted for resettlement by other countries will. with the 100.000 proposed by the pending bill to be admittable here. solve the problem. Informed opinion is to the contrary. I simply mention that in passing.
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