I am particularly pleased to join in support of a tribute to this great organization. I have long been interested in its activities and in its magnificent results. Historically. my country. the United States of America. has ever responded to the needs of refugees from all lands with compassion. with understanding. and with sympathy. In the early years of our country. as a matter of fact in the earliest years of our country. and before even we were an independent country. we welcomed without condition lovers of liberty who so eagerly sought equality of opportuniity in a great new land. The needs of some of the people of the world for resettlement have materially changed in recent years but our Government and our citizens have continued to play a leading role in providing both material assistance and resettlement opportunities to refugees: in large part through special legislation well over a million refugees have been admitted to the United States of America since the end of World War II. I am proud. Mr.
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