Speech #810210819

When those who are supposed to be advocates of the liberal displacedpersons legislation saw what a mess they were in. when they knew from the evidence that we were getting into this country under the displacedpersons program SS stormtroopers. subversives. communistic spies. blackmarket racketeers. perjurers. and defrauders. they said. "Ah. we have to do something. We are sponsoring a liberal displacedpersons bill. and we must have this bill go through." So the Senator from Michigan . who was one of the 18 Senators who offered the Gilgore substitute. came to the Senate with an amendment to their own substitute providing for additional security. But the additional security provided in the Ferguson amendment does not mean a great deal. as will be realized when we stop to consider that the International Refugee Organization still will remain Intact. just as it is and just as it has been since the operation of the present law. What does the committee bill do? The committee bill does exactly what the Congress intended to be done by the original displacedpersons bill which Congress passed 2 years ago. It provided that the consular service and the Immigration Service should have the final say as to who should be a displaced person eligible to come into this country. But by an administrative agreement what has happened. Mr.