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I am very grateful to have the opportunity to vote for the pending resolution. upon which the Senate will act in a few minutes. I congratulate the Senator from California and the Senator from Illinois for submitting the resolution so promptly after the amazing report of the Special Committee of the United Nations. I speak feelingly on this subject. because I come from a State in which is located Camp Kilmer. where the first of the Hungarian refugees to come to this country were sent. The influx of refugees had hardly begun before I had the privilege of going to Camp Kilmer and seeing a number of them come in. I have never seen a greater demonstration of real joy on the faces of any people than I observed on the faces of those who had been able to get away from the persecution to which they had been subjected. and to come to this country of ours. the land of the free. It has been a source of great gratification to me to be able to participate in the efforts which have been made by the Special Committee and others who have been trying to solve the Hungarian problem.