Chairman. this amendment is just a question of whether we are going to set the age for orphans at 10 or 14. It seems to me that the principle we are trying to observe is not to admit adults under this provision. I had pending for some years a bill to let in orphans. refugees or escapees under 14 for adoption by United States citizens. which I sponsored with my colleague in the other body Senator IVES of New York. It seems to me that adolescent children should also be considered in connection with this bill in view of the fact this whole question springs from the warm generosity of the House and in no other fashion. and certainly children of 14 are no more adults than are children of 10. I hope we will be generous and liberal in our outlook with respect to these orphans and that we will raise the limit to 14.
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