Speech #850080568

The House of Representatives extends to the people of Poland its warm and sincere congratulations for the magnificent manner in which they haye conducted themselves in bringing about a significant break in the Iron Curtain. and pledges that the moral strength and material resources of the United States will be used. in the search for a just and lasting peace and for international security in a world where freedom reigns. to help the people of Poland in their difficult progress toward full freedom. SEC. 2. It is the sense of the House of Representatives that. in order to provide immediate and effective support for the people 1001f of Poland in their struggle for complete liberation from Communist rule- " (1) the United States should speedily furnish substantial economic and technical assistance to the people of Poland. subject to careful control through the use of inspection teams or otherwise to insure that commodities and equipment so furnished will not be diverted to Russia or her satellites but will remain in Poland for the purpose of strengthening her internal economy and bolstering her people in their quest for freedom. (2) the United States should seek permission from the Government of Poland for Americans to send CARE packages into Poland. and for recognized American relief agencies to enter that country and distribute surplus American farm commodities to the Polish people. until such time as future harvests eliminate the near famine which has resulted from the coerced collectivization of Polish farms. (3) mailing charges on packages being sent by Americans into Poland should be reduced so as to encourage a greater flow of such packages and a corresponding increase in help to the Polish people during the present economic crisis. (4) the United States should seek. as a condition of economic and technical assistance. a reduction in (or the elimination of) the high tariffs presently imposed by the Polish Government on relief packages being sent into Poland from the United States. (5) the United States should recognize Polands western boundaries as established in the Potsdam agreement. thereby bolstering the faith of the enslaved nations of eastern Europe in American leadership. dispelling their fear that the revival of predatory militarism in Germany is being achieved with American help. and depriving Russia of her only claim for keeping Soviet troops in Poland. (6) the United States should seek through diplomatic channels the return to Poland of her eastern lands which have been seized by Russia. (7) the United States delegation to the United Nations should continue to press for free and unfettered elections in Poland so as to give to the people of Poland the complete freedom of selfexpression which was in fact denied them in the recent alleged Polish elections. (8) the United States should not release the $75 million in Polish private assets presently frozen in the United States until the zlotydollar exchange is brought to a more equitable level. (9) the obsolete and unfair formula for determining quotas under the Immigration and Nationality Act should be changed to provide a more realistic quota system under which Poland and the other middle European nations would be granted larger quotas. and (10) the Department of State should take immediate steps to enlarge its embassy staff In Warsaw to facilitate the issuance of immigration and tourist visas to Polish nationals.