I do not say this harshly. but with regret. How much better would the Senate. the Government. and the people of the United States have been served if Members of this body recently in the area had been able to bring back to us insights and proposals for a total solution to this problem. As it is. we are given only a proposal for meeting the needs of those who are already committed as refugees. We are given no proposal for meeting the needs of people in the area where there is hopehope that people already in their homes may remain there and hope that people who are now refugees may return to their homes. What if the U.S. Government had similarly been denied access to that area of potential famine? Would it serve the interests of the men. women. and children in East Pakistan and the interests of the men. women. and children in the Indian refugee camps. or for that matter the Government of India. for the United States to be standing by as a spectator unable effectively to bring to bear its great resources to avert famine? Giving vent to our emotions satisfies moral impulse. but it is not always the best way to achieve results. and when this is the caseas it is in East Pakistanis it not a very questionable morality? The answer is clearly that there are some situations in which it is more effective to swallow ones emotions and to get on with the job in the best way that circumstances permit.
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