Chiang Kaishek. for offering Formosa as a haven for those who are fleeing the oppression and starvation of Communist China. Because reports. almost on an hourly basis. indicate that the situation in Hong Kong is reaching explosive proportions and that the situation may get entirely out of hand at any moment. I have addressed a wire to the President. urging that he take immediate steps to implement a crash program. through the facilities at his disposal in the Far East. to provide transportation to the Republic of China for these refugees and to assist the Taiwan Government in furnishing them food and clothing after their arrival. I point out. Mr. Speaker. that precedent for such action has been established in our aid to Cuban refugees and to those who have fled the Communist regime in East Germany. I have consistently opposed making grain available to the Red Chinese regime because it would only help communism succeed in that unhappy land. On the other hand. however. I have urged that our surplus commodities be made available to unfortunate refugees of Communist imperialism everywhere. Aside from the humanitarian aspects. Mr. Speaker. by furnishing food to the Chinese refugees we can graphically demonstrate the superiority of our free enterprise system over international communism. As I have stated again and again. the Achilles heel of the Marxist system lies in its inability to feed the enslaved people under its controlits inability to provide food. shelter. or any basic necessity of life for the immediate present. nor any hope for the future. While it is an acknowledged fact that man cannot live by bread alone. it is an established fact that the Communists fail to provide even the bread.
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