I must point out that these 35.000 do meet our most rigorous tests of a political and economic nature. and I challenge anyone to point out a body of people more worthy of citizenship and more deserving of asylum and assistance than these survivors now residing in France and north Africa. I can think of no lesser group to compare them with than the Pilgrim Fathers. who originally left England by choice in their search of freedom of conscience. differing as they did with the Anglican Church of England. Senators will recall that the Pilgrims first went to Holland. where they resided for a brief period. and then in 1620 founded the Plymouth Colony. which became the cornerstone of the State of Massachusetts. The Spanish refugees today are displaced persons similar to the Pilgrim Fathers. In closing. Mr.
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