I cite these facts. and they may be found in such sources -as The Congressional Record. because I tremble for all that this country stands for. I tremble as did Thomas Jefferson when I reflect with him that "God is Just and that His justice cannot sleep forever." I quote these appalling figures. because I find it almost impossible to believe that the nation responsible for them is the same nation which is dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal and that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable -rights. that. among: these rights are life. liberty and the pursuit of happiness." How much life. liberty and happiness we have brought to -Southeast Asia each of us may judge for himself .from the reports of Vietnamese victims. A 30 yearoldwomail refugee states that "Our lives became like those of animals desperately trying to escape their hunters . . . Human beings. whose parents brought .them. into the world and carefully raised them with overflowing love despite so many. difficulties. these human beings would die. from a single blast as explosions burst. lying still without moving again at- alli And.who then thinks of -the blood. flesh. sweat and strength:of their par.ents. and.whdwilllhave charity and pity for thern.ixm In reallty. whatever happens. it is. only the". ihnocent .vho suffer. And as for.other men. dotheyknowall the unimaginable things happening in this war?" - . .A youigUIoyof only thirteen recalls the flre) of destruction: which. destroyed everything heL everkne. and loved. "My village." he writes. stood on the dd6e -of efhro0d from. -XiengKhoilang. to the Plkin Of Jars.