Mr. Chairman. I merely wish to call attention very briefly to some of the testimony with reference to the refugee program. Many of you will recall that last year President Eisenhower recommended that 240.000 refugees be admitted to the United States. The Congress on August 7 passed a bill authorizing 214.000 refugees. 5.000 of which were adjustments for those already in the United States. This act. therefore. provides for the admission of 209.000 refugees not now in the United States. The Congress at that time appropriated $3 million to carry out that program. The department requested in this bill an additional $1.560.000 to finance its operations to the end of this fiscal year. which would be June 30 next. The committee went rather fully into this request. and I think the testimony which appears beginning on page 300 of the hearings and particularly at page 311 will be interesting to the Members of the Congress. Up to the present time. they have spent $672.000. During the 7 months that the program has been in progress less than 50 visas have been issued. and according to the best information that we can obtain. only 6 refugees have been admitted to the United States. Now. that is over $100.000 per refugee. I like to be fair In these matters and I think for the sake of fairness it should be stated that the officials in charge of this program claimed that it was necessary for them to prepare and plan the program. They likened it to building a railroad. They said they had to build a railroad to the refugees to get them out. Now they say the railroad is completed. the refugees are clamoring for tickets. but they cannot take them aboard because they are screening in this country the employees who are going to screen the refugees in foreign countries. My distinguished colleague from New York then took up the inquiry. and you will note the testimony which he developed on page 314. Mr.
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