To promise them all an equal chance to come to the United States would be to jeopardize this hope. Lastly. Mr. Presidentand this is the crux of this particular phase of the matterthe inclusion of this tremendous group in competition with some 250.000 or 350.000 IRO displaced persons would virtually bring the original displaced persons program to a halt. For every IRO displaced person applying for emigration. applications could be expected from about 30 ethnic Germans. As soon as the flow of processing of ethnic Germans began. it is obvious that the number of IRO displaced persons admitted to this country would be negligible. To sum up.
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