Mr. Chairman. I feel it is unnecessary for me to say that I have always been an ardent supporter of intelligent programs to assist refugees. Before the end of World War II. I made a trip. with other Members of Congress. to Germany to see firsthand the sad and tragic plight of the refugee victims of the twin tyrannies of communism and nazism and later I supported the very successful program of President Truman for displaced persons. and also more recently the refugee relief program recommended by President Eisenhower. I have been and shall continue to be interested in all legitimate programs aimed at giving aid and comfort to bona fide victims of aggression or totalitarianism in any form. But by the same criteria I shall oppose all efforts to impose upon Congress false refugee programs and all authorizations for the use of public funds for refugee programs which are in fact using the taxpayers money to support activities directly and violently opposed to the national security of the United States. My amendment prohibits the illegal use of United States public funds to pay any of the ocean transportation costs for residents of Red China including socalled White Russians. who leave Red China in possession of valid passports issued by the Communist regime of Moscow and have in their possession exit permits granted by the Communist occupiers of China to countries of the free world without having any security investigation whatever. During an inspection trip of the Par East last fall for the House Judiciary Committee I discovered amazing facts about the violation of the law.
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