President. the free world approaches greatness. not because it represents a comfortable place to live in. but because it is a continuing affirmation of the idea that men can achieve both bread and freedom. In the quiet but violent struggle going on in southeast Asia and Eastern Europe today. there are people risking their lives continuously to escape the Communist bloc. We bear a responsibility to these refugees. not only as fellow men. but also because they have turned to us in belief of our declarations that freedom means freedom for everyone. It is up to us to show this is true. The same thing holds for refugees from hunger and civil strife. One way this is being done is through the foodforpeace program. headed until today by George McGovern. During the last half of 1961. arrangements were made to sell $5.1 million worth of corn in the open market in Austria with the proceeds to be used for housing construction for refugees from behind the Iron Curtain. During the same period. $390.000 worth of corn was programed to be shipped to Uganda for refugees fleeing from neighboring strife. Wheat flour valued at $15.6 million was also made available to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to give relief to displaced people. Mr.
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