A resolution was adopted on July 20. 1953. by the organization and forwarded to you and to Senator SALTONSTALL. requesting that an amendment to the Emergency Migration Act of 1953 recently reported out of the House Judiciary Committee. be introduced on behalf of these Armenians abroad. and given the same consideration as the proposed nonquota classification of certain Greek. Italian. and Portuguese nationals. The resolution follows: "Whereas the President- of the United States has been most generous in his sympathy towards the plight of refugees and escapees and other oppressed peoples of Europe and Asia who look to the United States of America as a haven of freedom. and "Whereas the President of the United States in furtherance of these considerations is seeking to adopt the traditional American humanitarian concern for these oppressed through emergency legislation which is presently being considered by the Congress of the United States. and "Whereas ethnic Armenians born in certain areas of the Near East have formerly. in this generation. been oppressed and dispersed throughout the world and are now residing as stateless persons in various countries: Therefore be it "Resolved. That S. 1917. the proposed Emergency Migration Act of 1953. be amended to include the following proposal: "That 10.000 nonquota visas be allocated to ethnic Armenians and their immediate families residing abroad who are stateless persons as a result of political conditions which have existed since World War I and further aggravated by political conditions existing during and since World War II. "That 2.000 nonquota visas be allocated to ethnic Armenian orphans now being cared for abroad by religious and charitable organizations." WATERTOWN. MASS.. July 26. 1953.
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