If the gentlemar. will note the amendatory language in this particular resolution I think he will see that possibly we are starting a precedent which I think is very good. in other words. instead of just passing a World Refugee Year measure to allow the Attorney General to permit as many refugees to enter this country as the Secretary of State asks him to. we place some important restriction by which we. first. cannot take into the United States any refugees except those under the mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees between now and July 1. 1962. and. second. not more than 25 percent of the total number that the other countries of the world take in. That will come down. actually. to 20 percent of the residue. Actually we may take in a hundred. we may have to take in 25. or 125. but always only 25 percent of what the others will be taking. This is the first time that we have had some language that will stop these organizations that pressure and pressure the Congress to bring in millions of people. in what they call a resettlement program. this language stops that. Now we may end up and close these camps and this refugee problem in the course of 2 years. by July of 1962. We are giving these other countries 2 more years to join in our continuous effort. Let us get rid of this problem.
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