President. that thousands of people who once lived in Poland have had to flee from the brutality of Communist oppression. The Polish quota is far oversubscribed. The people of Polish extraction in America are concerned with a fair immigration law. and they have every right to be very critical if the Senate fails to take into consideration their pleas for help and for compassion and for understanding in connection with immigration policy. Mr. President. let me say that if S. 2550 passes we can mark off. once and for all. people of Polish nationality who want to come into America. because under the Polish quota most of them will never get here. That includes the many people who have been driven out of their land by commissars and secret police. I will have no part in that kind of inhuman treatment. I say to those from other parts of the world. in south and southeastern Europe. refugees from Czechoslovakia. people who have cried out in the night to come and stay with their relativesand some of them live in my State of Minnesotathat few of them will ever get into this country under S. 2550. There is little hope for them. They can be 75 years of age. lonesome. lost in a world of turmoil and strife in Europe. with relatives in my Statefor instance. at such a place as New Prague.
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