The senior Senator from New York has quite correctly stated that he and I shared the platform in New York some weeks ago in celebration of Refugee Year as it approached its conclusioa. At that time. the senior Senator from New York made very clear his deterninatin to announce. as he has touight. his conviction that the approach eotafrmting -us tonight was not entirely desirable. and that the circumstances under which we are considering the joint resolution are not desirable. I wish to make only this one point. namely. that following the New York visit I returned to Washington. and when the bill was brought before the Committee on the Judiciary. I offered an amendment which would strike one of the most offensive features of the bill. namely. the provision that American generosity shall be conditioned upon the attitude of other nations. and that we shall admit 25 percent of the total of the refugees taken by them. This is no way to celebrate Refugee Year. I am delighted to join the senior Senator from New York in his assertion that hereafter we will stand fast. even under the gun. so to speak. and insist that the basic provision be met. I recall also that in that meeting in New York. the motion was also supported by the junior Senator from New York .
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