Mr. President. who advocate the establishment of some kind of permanent international organization to develop an international migration program. It is obvious to me that this would only mean the perpetuation of the international refugee organization which. at the insistence of the member governments. is going out of existence. In my opinion it would be disastrous to the security of this Nation and the Western Hemisphere if any large scale international migration program were to be administered by an international agency in which our Government had only a minority voice. Instead. pursuant to the provisions of the bill which I have just introduced. we would have an agency of the Government of the United States which would be operating on standards specified by the Congress. and which would enter into agreements with the countries of emigration and countries of immigration to facilitate an international migration program. This plan of operation would .mean that the United States of America would be in a position to protect our vital interests in the type of people who would be moved to the underdeveloped areas of the Western Hemisphere. It would mean that the Congress. through its appropriate committees. could exercise a continuing surveillance over the migration program. and would be given periodic reports on its progress.
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