It is very clear that the Committee cannot possibly take any such amendment that the distinguished gentleman has offered for this reason: The purpose of the bill is to enable the United States. in cooperation with many other nations. to deal with this problem. This will absolutely tie our hands so that we cannot cooperate with anybody. In West Berlin alone. as refugees from behind the Iron Curtain. 149.000 came in in the first 4 months of this year. The surplus population of Europe is 31/2 million. If we tie our hands. as is proposed in this amendment. then the bill becomes useless in any way in having the United States show that it is taking its fair share in resettling the balance.
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