These escapes are a tremendous blow to the Communists and their satellites. We want them continued. but are we offering the escapees a real haven? The nonpreference Czechoslovak immigration quota into the United States is mortgaged ahead to the year 2000. Those escapees from behind the Iron Curtain who have been crowding into West Berlin by the thousands since the Communists have been trying to seal off the East from the West zone of Germany. are living under the grave difficulties of crowded refugee camps far beyond the capacity of West Berlin to maintain. West Berlin is now receiving almost 1.500 refugees a day. The situation is such that Mayor Reuter. of West Berlin. is here on a moneyraising mission for their relief. Only adequate immigration opportunities can give these escapees from behind the Iron Curtain a fair haven. The number. Is not unmanageable. There are 15.000 escapees. other than East zone Germans (who have German nationality). from behind the Iron Curtain in West Europe. But resettlement by immigration will not work if we do not take our fair share as we did with the displaced persons. The displacedpersons law permitted the admission of political refugees. there is now no such provision on the books. Such legislation should be high on the congressional agenda as a must. This agenda is the responsibility of the administration and of our congressional leadership.
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