Speech #870301199

I am glad that the amount for foreign aid. properly speaking. has been reduced to a total of about $3.9 billion. I am particularly glad that some of the additional items. which are by no means foreign aid. are approved under the conference report and were agreed upon by the conferees of both Houses. One of those items about which I am most happy is the item for assistance to refugees in the United States. which means. of course. Cuban refugees. That problem centers largely in Miami. in the State which I represent in part. The House conferees very graciously yielded on that particular item. and the bill from the conference restores the full amount of $70.110.000. which. I wish to say for the RECORD. represents in part the payment of the costs of serving as the host area for that large number of refugees. now exceeding 100.000. I am also happy about the inclusion of the item in the bill from the conference on the Philippine war damage claims in the total amount required to settle those claims. namely. in the amount of $73 million. of which $500.000 is to be allowed for salaries and expenses. All Senators and other Americans will remember the difficult discussions and the troubles we had in the Far East. and particularly with the Filipinos. in connection with the early action in this session by the other body.