President. I invite the Senates attention to a short article written by Inez Robb and published in the New York WorldTelegram of March 1. 1962. Miss Robbs article relates her experience with a Cuban refugee in New York City. and describes again the admirable qualities of Cuban refugees in this country. Above all. the article is a graphic expression of the meaning of freedom for those who have had it denied them. summed up so well in these words of the refugee: "We are free and not afraid." As Miss Robb points out. Cuban refugees are but another indication that we live in an age of migrations. In some historic footnoteShe writesthe 20th century will surely be known as the age of displaced persons. Millions of innocent and hapless men. women and children have been torn up by their roots and scattered by wars. revolutions and the general savagery of our times. We do. indeed. live in a century of refugees. Ever since the large scale refugee movements during the Balkan wars early in this century. the number of refugees has mounted rapidly and the conditions which produce them have become more intense. Today no area of the world escapes refugee problems. I only hope. Mr. President. that we in this country will never take our freedom for granted. nor fail to share our many blessings of liberty with oppressed peoples throughout the world. Americas great task. of course. is to apply positively our democratic credo in the international arena. and thus help to eliminate the conditions which produce the pathos of refugee existence. This thoughtful expression by one of the most widely read and respected American observers should help enormously in developing awareness and response. For this reason I ask unanimous consent that Miss Robbs article be printed at this point in the RECORD.
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