For that reason the present law is far more liberal in its definition of claimants than this Government had any right to be. The legislation which I am now introducing would attempt to compensate those American citizens who invested their funds in Czechoslovakia. It would seek to settle their claims against the Czechoslovakian Governments and leave for subsequent legislation and events whatever adjustment may be possible for the refugees who left Czechoslovakia to escape the Nazis or the Communists. This proposed legislation would seek to follow the previous precedents in the handling of claims legislation by providing first for American investments. Only after sufficient funds became available to compensate those Americans whose investments had been seized would we seek to provide by subsequent legislation compensation for those who left their country and took out citizenship in this country.
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