Speech #810154654

Mr. President. the House of Representatives has itself recognized that further study must be made of the various problems connected with the question I am discussing. Indeed. a few days after it had passed H. R. 4567. it adopted a resolution. House Resolution 238. which reads as follows: Whereas the Committee on the Judiciary under the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 has been given Jurisdiction as a standing committee over legislation pertaining to immigration and naturalization. and Whereas in the course of activities conducted in pursuance of section 136 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. and in the course of hearings held on legislation amending the Displaced Persons Act of 1948. it has been ascertained by the committee that the slowness of repatriation and resettlement of displaced persons. combined with the continuing influx of new refugees. tends to perpetuate this problem. and Whereas the presence of over 10.000.000 refugees and "expellees" in the western zones of occupation in Germany and Austria. and In Italy. in addition to the problem of displaced persons and the surplus of population in Italy. is resulting in continuous pressure upon the very foundations of the United States immigration system. and Whereas there is a considerable number of public and private legislation pending before the committee which tends to place upon the United States almost the entire burden of resettlement of this surplus population while the American taxpayer is already being called upon to bear the burden of the expenditures involved in the care. the maintenance. and the resettlement of these masses of migrant population. and-