Speaker. If I could feel that House Joint Resolution 397 was purely a humanitarian act. certainly I would feel more kindly toward it. If it is humanitarian. then certainly our benevolence should extend to the teeming thousands of Arab refugees expelled from Israel. In this instance. our own policies contributed to this wholly unsolved. pitiable situation. I think there is no doubt that the refugees with whom we are dealing in this bill are cared for in luxury. as compared to these people living almost like animals with no hope for tomorrow. It is difficult to obtain definite information as to the type of people remaining in the refugee camps in Europe. Some years ago before the Special Refugee Relief Act expired. the argument was made that we should admit people of special skills and abilities who would contribute something to our American life. The camps were supposedly drained of this type of individual. many of them coming to this country. I doubt seriously if very much has been contributed. and I opposed that legislation.
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Arab refugees are described as living 'almost like animals with no hope for tomorrow'.