Finally. we are concerned here not only with the tragic and dramatic problems of people adrift in Europe today. We are concerned also with the less dramatic but equally tragic problems of surplus populations in Western Europe. It is of the utmost importance to us to provide a safety valve for the pressures created by the existence of surplus populations intensified. as they are. by the continued influx of refugees. In the case of Italy. overpopulation still rates as the No. 1 problem despite great strides made in economic expansion since the end of World War II. Not only are wages low. but unemployment is high. These factors add up to an explosive situation in Italy of critical economic poverty and serious political unrest. A sound and politically stable Italian economy is vitally important to our own national interest. The emigration of just a few thousand physically fit and freedomloving Italians to this country will begin. almost at once. to cut into the large mass of Italian unemployment. It will. at the same time. give courage to Italians who must remain behind. In conclusion.
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