Mr. Speaker. my purpose In taking this time is to direct the attention of the Members of the House to the provisions of .article 16 of the proposed treaty between the allies and Austria and to give hope that the Secretary of State will direct the American conferees that under no circumstances will another blot be placed upon the escutcheon of this Nation in returning to Soviet Russia refugees or persons who have escaped from behind the Iron Curtain. The massacre after the war of thousands of such persons. when the United States agreed to such a return. was a disgrace from which we have never recovered. I feel certain that with this attention directed to the language of article 16 as it now exists. before such treaty can be agreed to. the wording will be such that this horror can no longer be perpetrated and that security can be assured to these people who have escaped and sacrificed many things. endangering their lives once to come to freedom and seek the aid of the United States of America and her weeern allies.
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