This is especially true of Italy. Greece. and the countries behind the iron curtain. Refugees from the latter areas especially. huddled in the overcrowded cities of Western Germany and Austria and Western Europe generally. look desperately across the Atlantic in the hope and dream of somehow finding haven here. These individuals have fled from behind the iron curtain. often at the risk of their lives. seeking the boon of freedom. The least we. in this country. can do at this time is to make room for the admission of some of these refugees to the maximum extent possible under our quota laws. consistent with the requirements and interests of our national security. Nor do I wish to understate the importance of providing for the admission of numbers of Italians and Greeks who dream vainly now of joining their relatives in this country. There is also the Middle East. with its refugees. some of whom should have the right to enter this country even under the limitations of our quota system. Under the terms of the bill we have today introduced. the unused portion of these quotas would be pooled and allocated to persons of other national origins. like Italians. Greeks.
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