Many honors have been showered upon Dr. Einstein during the course of his life and many more will be dedicated to his memory. But I can think of no greater tribute which this Congress could pay to him. and certainly none that would be more fitting. than that the House reexamine the immigration laws of our country in order that future Dr. Einsteins. whether potential or recognized. shall not be barred from our shores because of our preoccupation with unworthy fears. mistrust. and discrimination against the stranger who knocks at our gates. Surely no finer monument could be erected to the great heart and great mind of Dr. Einstein than for this House to put life and meaning into the Refugee Relief Act. Need I remind any Member of the House that this act was passed by the 83d Congress for the humanitarian purpose of admitting to this country 214.000 of those who seek escape from tyranny and oppression. from hardship and suffering in their mother lands to reach America. where liberty was cradled and independence nurtured. Yet today this legislation stands a bar instead of a door to freedom.
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