Speech #820115709

I rise in support of this very significant amendment. It seems to me that the gentleman from Wisconsin has laid befor us something of tremendous importance. He called our attention to the utilization of a great many people. refugees from behind the iron curtain who really have something to fight for. the freedom of their homelands. If you will pardon a personal reference. in late 1949 I made a survey of the refugees in Western Germany. in all three of the western zones of the occupied areas. I visited personally numerous camps of the refugees. In company with American officials. civilian and military. in the occupied areas. I interviewed leaders of these national groups who had escaped from Soviet Russian tyranny.