This event gives me a chance along with all my countrymen to reflect on the beginning of our Nationand on the men who began it. The President went on to remark that Columbus Day is a time for honoring not only the great explorer but all the Italians whose gifts over the centuries have been so freely given to enrich our science. our statesmanship. and our culture. I am pleased that the President stressed the benefits accruing from the 1965 Immigration Act. for which some of us worked so untiringly and so long. We now find it much easier to assist our ItalianAmerican friends in reuniting families than was possible under the old discriminating system. I am sure that every Member joins me in paying tribute to our first immigrant. Christopher Columbus. I know. too. that they all join me in wishing the utmost success to the loyal and public service minded societies made up of those who so proudly claim Italian birth or descent.
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