These young and energetic new citizens will give impetus to the dynamic way of life we have come to know in this country. Let me repeat: Except for these orphans and adopted children. every other displaced person entering the United States is charged against the quota of the country of his nationality. The entire program can be viewed as a method to fill the gap caused by the suspension of immigration during the war. At that time. immigration was greatly curtailed and it has been estimated that if there had been no war. probably a million immigrants would have reached our shores during those years. Through our displacedpersons laws we can belatedly admit 339.000 of them. One provision found in both the committee bill and the amendment in the nature of a substitute submitted by the distinguished senior Senator from West Virginia gives me a great deal of personal satisfaction.
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