Mr. President. earlier today the distinguished Senator from South Dakota and the distinguished deputy majority leader spoke about the situation of the refugees who have come from Coinmunist China into Hong Kong. At this time. I should like to discuss that subject. Mr. President. the problem of refugees has interested me greatly ever since I have been a Member of Congress. I have sponsored many pieces of legislation in order to deal with it. Furthermore. in 1947. when I first came to Congress. I served on the first committee of the other body to investigate the problem of the refugees and escapees who then were in the displaced persons camps in Germany and Austria. and I had some hand in the legislation. subsequently enacted. to deal with that subject. So I have a very deep interest in the subject. and I qualify that interest in the ways I have just now stated. Mr. President. I would agree. first. that our U.S. authorities should make available the food for possible allocation to the authorities of the Chinese Nationalist Government on Taiwan. in order to enable them to care for the greatest possible number of Chinese refugees coming from Communist China into Hong Kong. and I add my voice to those raised here earlier today in urging that that be done. Of course I shall cooperate fully. in every way open to me. toward that end. Second.
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