Speech #800183965

Each of these matters will be handled by amendments that are expected to be submitted from the Senate floor. The merits of the amendments will be debated. and I shall not at this time attempt to evaluate their merits. beyond what I have already said. I do. however. want to make the point that I believe the work of the Immigration Sucommittee should be recognized in analyzing this problem on an objective basis and over a long period of time with testimony from the most informed sources available on this tremendous problem. The judgment of the subcommittee on any of these counts should not lightly be rejected. While neither I nor any of my colleagues will take that judgment as the final word on the situation. I believe that we should give it our most careful consideration. At the same time. while bearing in mind our humanitarian obligations to the stricken displaced persons in Europe. we must also remember our obligations to this dear land of ours. I call to the attention of my colleagues the fact that 40 percent of the applications for visas to our country from DPs have been fraudulent. and that entry into our land by DPs provides a golden opportunity for agents of Soviet Russia to enter America. These facts should not be forgotten. We should not.