I take as a basic assumption the fact that the senior Senator from Nevada knows what he is trying to achieve. and sincerely seeks to serve the Senate of the United States and the people of America. From overseas. where the distinguished Senator has been employed now for several weeks. studying on the ground the difficult and delicate question of displaced persons. he has transmitted by cablegram a statement in which he says to the Senate of the United States: You Senators may rest assured that there is no immediate need for additional legislation. and that intelligent and prudent action can be taken before the expiration of the existing law. In his cablegram to the distinguished junior Senator from Maryland . the Senator from Nevada further stated: I respectfully request you to obtain unanimous consent for extension of my permission to be absent from the Senate for another 3 weeks. as I must confer with international refugee organization officials in Geneva. Switzerland. and will investigate the displacedpersons situation in Austria and Italy. From his concluding passages.