Mr. President. the Subcommittee on Refugees and Escapees of the Senate Judiciary Committee. of which I am chairman. will hold a series of hearings on the world refugee problems and U.S. interest and responsibility in its solution. These hearings will be held rn room 357 of the Old Senate Office Building and will begin on July 12 at 1 p.m.. to continue through July 14. The subcommittee will hear representatives of the Department of State and the Department of Health. Education. and Welfare. We will also hear spokesmen for private. religious. nationality. and social agencies who have carried on oversea relief activities with refugees. We will hear from a number of distinguished individuals who have recently been abroad and studied the refugee situation. Our hearings will be directed to an examination of U.S. activities in the field of refugees in all parts of the world. We hope. in these and subsequent hearings. to gather comprehensive factual information on all aspects of the refugee problem. including an evaluation of our programs and efforts up to the present. The present state of political ferment in the world and the continuation of the cold war suggests that the problem of refugees will be with us for some time to come. The subcommittee will report to the Senate from time to time as our investigations progress. I am hopeful these reports will be useful to the Members not only in their consideration of refugee problems but also foreign policy. immigration. and related matters.
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