The distinguished junior Senator from Kentucky has offered an amendment which provides that displaced persons shall be selected by an agency of the United States Government and by citizens of the United States. That. in my judgment. is one of the most important decisions the Senate will have to make. There is undisputed testimony that a displaced person may not see a citizen of the United States until after he has been checked by IRO until the time he sits down before the American consul to obtain his visa. Such a procedure. in which IRO. an international agency. not a branch of the American Government. an agency staffed by persons who are not citizens of the United States. and a Commission staffed largely by displaced persons who compile the files and say who shall come to this country. creates a deplorable situation. I submit.