As I have said. it Included provisions which restricted its operationsprovisions which in the committee I resisted. Nevertheless. we got the best law we could under the circumstances. In connection with this matter it must be remembered that only a short time before. the Congress had approved by twothirds vote the McCarran Actpassing it over the veto of President Truman. that act is regarded as our basic immigration policy. But the President wanted the emergency measure enacted. for the purpose of setting an example to the rest of the world in helping solve the refugee problem. and also as an instrument of our foreign policy and as a humanitarian measure. Congress agreed with him. and we got that measure passed. This year. in April or May. as I recall. the President sent to Congress a special letter in which he urged that amendments be drafted and enacted. so as to make the act much easier to operate. and so as to remove some of the very decided obstacles and roadblocks to the admission of persons who ordinarily could or should qualify under the act for admission to the United States. Hearings were immediately begun by the Senator from North Dakota . the chairman of the Refugee Subcommittee. of which I am also a member. At the conclusion of the hearings. a special subcommittee was set up by the Senator from North Dakota. for the purpose of marking up the bill and getting it ready for full committee consideration. Time passed on.
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