This group. which may be designated as the wardisplaced persons. are embraced in the present law which has a cutoff day for eligibility on December 22. 1945. a date which is some 7 months after the conclusion of the war. Beginning some year or two thereafter. and continuing up to the present time. because of the chaotic condition of the world. tens of millions of persons have been and are being displaced all over the world. Under the constitution of the International Refugee Organization. the term "displaced person" includes not just a person who was displaced by the war. but any person who. at any time. now or in the future. is displaced. The fact isand I know concerning what I speak. for I have. within the course of the last several months. studied this entire subject exhaustivelythat the displaced person and the refugee situation is of staggering proportions. and involves millions upon millions of people all over the world whose ranks are constantly being swelled. As every Senator knows. the pressure which is currently being brought to bear to open the floodgates of our country. is terrific. The records on file with the Congress pursuant to the Lobbying RegIstration Act show. for example. that just one pressure group on displacedpersons legislation has to date paid out over $800.000.
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