We are now engaged in working up a program. For the same reasons I have just cited. I will use all the influence I have to prevent the threatened liquidation of the refugee and escapee immigration program which President Kennedy. while he was still a Member of the Senate. fought through the Congress. Under the terms of that program a limited number of refugees and escapees are admitted into the United States above quota. That program must be expanded. not liquidated. New York City is. of course. a city of many racial strains. national origins. and religious faiths. This city is the mingling ground for the millions who have come here in the past and for those who will yet come here in the future. Here is where many. if not most. of these immigrants have learned the meaning of Americanism. One of our basic purposes must be to make New York City reflect. in every aspect of our citys life. the true meaning of Americanism and the true meaning of liberty. In closing. let me quote the words of a very great American. one of the greatest who ever lived in this city. a very great judge.
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