It is still a bill which incorporates within it the standards of the 1920s. while we are living in the year 1952. It looks to the past and not to the future. It fails to take into consideration what has transpired in the world in the past decade. in terms of the tremendous number of refugees and expellees who are looking for a place which they may call home. When the record of the debate is fully understood I am sure the substitute measure which was submitted by the Senator from New York . myself. and other Senators. will represent what the American people really want. because it offers an opportunity to utilize unused quotas. a question which was argued so ably by the Senator from Rhode Island and other Senators. It offers an opportunity to eliminate any racial discrimination. particularly in the oriental areas of the world. It offers an opportunity to bring to America. on a priority basis. a preference basis. persons who would be a great contribution to our national well being. such as scientists. and others who could be of great help to us. It is a desirable measure for compassionate reasons. because it offers an opportunity to reunite families. to take into consideration the parents of presently naturalized American citizens. I shall not labor the point. Mr.
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