But I believe that on many tests. the current nominee fails to demonstrate the concern for important and overriding humanitarian issues. There is ample justification to oppose this Presidential Cabinet nomination. On November 17in a letter to the distinguished chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and ForestryI expressed my concern over some aspects of the record of Dr. Butz. As chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Refugees my particular concern relates to Dr. Butz views and attitudes toward the overseas distribution of American surplus food commodities and the role of the private voluntary agencies in this program. As I indicated in my letter to Senator Talmadge. several representatives of the voluntary agencies expressed strong reservations to me regarding Dr.
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