The world will judge our words by our ability to back them up. Every time we cut corners on a definite obligation. we sacrifice that much of our credit and our prestige in the eyes of the world. This is one of those situations where an international agreement that we made in good faith is compromised by one of our domestic laws. The purpose of this bill is to refund the sum collected as duties on reparations sold in this country for the relief of the Preparatory Commission for the International Refugee Organization. These reparation sales are of a nonrecurring nature. But first let us look at the background of this case.