Like the one man we honor todayAdolph Held. There will be others to tell you the facts of his life. I want to tell you of my admiration. even my awe. for and of this man whose service to the Jewish migrant goes back to World War I. who. before it became fashionable to bespeak concern for the refugee. made that concern a part of his way of life. Those who had yet much to learn from Adolph Held failed to take that which he Was so willing to givethe breadth of his heart and the range of his reason. Had they done so. we collectively. in the West. could have helped immeasurably more our brothers beyond the Soviet borders. and later yet. our brothers now in the community graves of Eastern Europe. It took 41 yearsalmost half the lifetime of HIASto erase from our laws the national origin theory which denied sanctuary to those who needed it most. But let it be clearly understood that I do not consider that with the passage of the 1965 Immigration Act we provided the complete answer. We did not. There are flaws which must be eliminated.
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