President. the senior Senator from New York and I will have the honor to entertain the Lord Mayor of Dublin today at luncheon. so I should like at this time to make a brief statement on the McLeod nomination. upon which the Senate will vote later. perhaps before I would have an opportunity to make a statement later. I met Mr. McLeod in connection with the early administration of the Refugee Relief Act. following my statement on the floor of the House of Representatives. of which I was then a Member. that the early administration of the act was outrageous. I used the word very strongly. I have tried to recall the exact word I used. and I think that is the one. Subsequently. the administration of the act considerably improved. and. considering the terms of the law. which was almost unadministerable. admissions of refugees under it finally were reasonably satisfactory. In the early days of the administration of the act I felt that Mr. McLeod had such an undue concern with security. without enough regard to other factors. as to interfere with carrying out the intent of Congress as expressed in the Refugee Relief Act. which already contained very tight security safeguards. However. I believe. from my experience with later administration of the act. and as a result of contacts thereafter with the man whose nomination we are considering. that. in his own words. he learned a great deal.
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