Mr. President. I want to single out for a brief comment the section of the conference report on refugee and migration assistance. The Department of State initially requested some $5.660.000 to support programs in this area. In keeping with the administrations general economy drive. this reflected a voluntary reduction by the Department of $390.000 in an anticipated request of $6.050.000a sum equal to the appropriation for fiscal year 1967. The House reduced the Departments request by $160.000the Senate approved an additional reduction of $500.000. This left an appropriation of $5.000.000 for refugee and migration assistance. The congressional reduction of $660.000 in this appropriationwhen combined with the State Departments voluntary cut of $390.000amounted to $1.050.000 less than the anticipated request from the executive branch. As chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Refugees. I was deeply concerned over this drastic reduction. So too were the many American voluntary agencies and religious groups. whose humanitarian programs overseas often depend. in part. on the continuing support of their government.
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