To me we are dealing with human beings. but human beings who are looking forward to the future with hope and with confidence. and they must look to the United States of America for leadership to give them that hope and that confidence. My good friend the gentleman from Indiana referred in his remarks to the foreign policy of the present administration as being for the best interests of the United States. I thoroughly agree with him in this bill and the foreign policy to date. because it has been following the foreign policy of the Democratic administration And may I say as chairman of the platform committee of the last Democratic National Convention that this bill carries out one of the planks of the Democratic party which states: We pledge continued aid to refugees from communism. and the enactment of President Trumans proposal for legislation In this field. In this way we can give hope and courage to the victims of Soviet brutality and can carry on the humanitarian tradition of the Displaced Persons Act. So this legislation follows recommendations made to the past Congress by President Truman. it carries out one of the planks of the Democratic platform. and I am very happy to associate myself on this occasion with the Republican leadership in putting this meritorious bill through.
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