Every time so far we have made the mistake of not asking commitments from other nations while we are needed. This time if we ask their help. on a problem which is theirs as much as ours. when they are asking our help on their problems. we may get somewhere. The practical situation is that we have the dollars. the other nations need the dollars. they have the need for immigrants to help solve their manpower problems. but we do not need immigrants here. They need them in order to solve their postwar problems .all over the world. By my amendment we do not say. "You take them all." We say. "We will take our fair share whenever the rest of you agree to take yours." By taking that simple step I think we can give Hallam Tuck. the able and distinguished head of the IRO. and Lewis Douglas. our distinguished American representative. something with which to get action out of these other nations in order to solve this problem once and for all instead of making this another case where Uncle Sam goes ahead and nobody follows.
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