Mr. Speaker. too little attention has been paid to the plight of 5.000 Haitian refugees who have fled Francois Duvaliers brutal dictatorship. The situation of these refugees Is desperate. They lack work. adequate food. and shelter. they live in squalor. I take this opportunity to call this bodys attention to a letter which appeared in the May 25 New York Times by Nicholas Duke Biddle. chairman of the Caribbean Committee. International Rescue Committee. Mr. Biddle points out that these people have received little meaningful assistance and that the Dominican Republic. the country to which the refugees have filed. has been unable to ease their situation. Mr. Biddle concludes by making the following point: If the United States is still interested in the encouragement of democratic forces in our own hemisphere. we cannot afford to ignore the desperate plight of these Haitian victims of tyranny.
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