When the charge is made. however. that this measure will bring into our country undesirable Communists. it is particularly significant. as the gentleman from Pennsylvania has pointed out. that an attack is made on this program in the most emphatic terms by whom?by the Soviet delegate to the United Nations. No. the talk about Communists In these camps is a smoke screen. designed as a last resort to develop opposition to a measure which has widespread support from all segments of our economy and society. It has been said here that there is no adequate screening of the applicants for displaced persons visas. The fact is that in commendable zeal to prevent any subversives or undesirables from getting into this country. there has been set up a truly formidable labyrinth of five screening agencies through which these people must go. First is the selector of the Displaced Persons Commission. then the Counter Intelligence Corps. then the consulate. then the Public Health Service. and finally the Immigration Service. I do not mean to imply that all of these are not necessary. but I do say that after one has successfully surmounted the obstacles raised by all of these agencies. he ought to be. and I believe would be. thoroughly qualified to enter our country. It is important to note that this measure retains the protective provisions for our own economy which are now perhaps even more necessary than when the original act was passed last year.
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