The testimony developed that there were 800.000 of these persons in these camps. Then I asked the gentleman from Illi- nois . "Do you think it is fair to the United States of America to take 400.000. or exactly onehalf of these displaced persons. when there are 55 or 56 other nations signatory to the United Nations Charter?" He replied that that would be a matter for the committee to work out. and on that basis we began seeking to determine what would be a fair share for the United States to take. The next consideration was this: We all knew that with the disturbed condition in this world at this date that there could be no letting down of the bars on immigration. but this was a problem which had arisen out of the World War. the matter of taking these displaced persons and of cutting out these camps that were costing the taxpayers of the United States $100.800.000 a year. Then the next question that arose was: Who should be the ones to come in and in what proportion? That is when our difficulty arose. and after much discussion we fixed upon the number of 200.000.
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