All of you will recall that former President Truman. on March 24. 1952. in a special message to the Congress. called attention to the plight of these unfortunates. You will recall also that nothing has been done about it. The trickle of immigration permitted under the present quota system would afford only token relief even if it could operate at the full. but we find that the quotas of countries under the greatest pressure are mortgaged for years to come to compensate for those who did come in under the Displaced Persons Act. For the purpose of rendering some tangible assistance on this problem I have introduced a bill H. R. 3845 which would admit 328.000 persons over a 3year period beginning July 1. 1953. The classification according to groups is as follows: First. One hundred thousand immigrants from Italy and Trieste. Second. One hundred thousand German expellees.
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