We must. of course. insist with great care that only food and similar consumer goodsnot machinery useful for the war potential of the Soviet Union. should be included in any such shipments. but. on the other hand. we should not hesitate to provide nonstrategic food and other consumer goods to the Poles. We must also keep up the pressure of our National Government to continue the United Nations investigations of Soviet aggression against the nations and peoples of eastern and central Europe. including those of both Poland and the Ukraine. In the meantime. we should demonstrate the sincerity of Americas concern for these brave people by easing certain unfair and discriminatory barriers in our immigration laws. which keep out of this country many potentially valuable new citizens from Poland and the Ukraine. It will. in 1958. be 350 years since the first Polish settlers set foot in the United States of America. They settled in Jamestown Colony in 1608. to establish Americas first glass industry. Millions of Poles and Ukrainians too have immigrated to the United States in the three and onehalf centuries since these firstcomers to Jamestown. They have served our Nation wellin our factories. mills and mines. on our farms. in commerce. the professions. and in government. And not the least of their service to America has been their contribution of the spirit of independence and love of liberty. that we mark on yesterdays anniversaries of these great days in the patriotic memory of the Polish and Ukrainian people.
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