I think. Mr. President. that my colleagues will agree that It is desirable to bring the IRO refugee problem to an end at the earliest possible moment. We will have contributed by the end of June 1950. a total of $212.000.000 to the IRO. That has been our share of the operating expenses of IRO. Our last annual contribution was $70.000.000 and all this money. Mr. President. has been spent in behalf of the refugees. for their care. maintenance. and resettlement under the IRO which. as we all know. was created by the United NationsRussia. of course. excepted.. So. Mr. President. any displacedpersons law which we may pass and which is designed to solve the IRO refugee problem. has the twofold purpose of solving an international problem to which we have been committed. as well as relieving the American taxpayer eventually of a heavy financial burden.. The substitute bill. I submit. Mr. President. will have this effect. but the committee bill as now reported I regret to say will not bring the IRO refugee problem to an end. but rather encourages its continuation. Permit me. Mr.
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