I am confident that a point of order against section 415 would be sustained. This provision is not relevant to the purpose of the bill. This bill aims to promote our national security and our foreign policy "by furnishing assistance to friendly nations." Furthermore. this provision attempts to affect our national immigration policy. which is surely out of order in an authorization bill of this kind. It seems inadvisable for us to attempt to wage psychological warfare in this way. Certainly. it cannot be hoped that its effect will be earth shaking. In contrast. if we were authorizing free passage for refugees from the Soviet Union. it might be helpful in the cold war. If we were encouraging real disaffection within the Soviet Union. or reaffirming our unrelenting interest in the freedom of all peoples. this. too. might be helpful. This proposal. however. is basically meaningless and ineffectual.
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