President. third. I turn to my contention that Mr. McLeods record in his administration of the Refugee Relief Act revealed such serious shortcomings as to disqualify him to be Ambassador to Ireland. The Refugee Relief Act. signed by the President in August 1956. was under the exclusive administrative supervision of Mr. McLeod from the time of its passage until December 1. 1954. It called for the admission of some 209.000 refugees during a period of 3 years and 8 months. While the act contained restrictions which made it very difficult indeed to administer. the consensus of informed opinion is that Mr. McLeod was not anxious to see it succeed. And certainly prior to the end of 1954. the accomplishments were minimal. By that time. only 13.000 immigrants had been admitted. and of those. only 500 could actually be classed as refugees under the act. Moreover. there was an umistakable tendency on Mr. McLeods part to play the "numbers game" with the Refugee Act. as he had done earlier with securities investigations. to which I shall refer a little later. when I discuss Mr. McLeods veracity and candor. It is not necessary to go into the controversy between Mr. McLeod and the distinguished public servant. Edward Corsi. in order to conclude that Mr. Corsi was filled with zeal to make the Refugee Act a success. that Mr. McLeod did not share this zeal. and that after 90 days as assistant to both Secretary Dulles and Mr. McLeod in administering the Refugee Relief Act. Mr. Corsi was fired.
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