They will make contributions far surpassing the cost of the assistance that we extend at this time. But even if that were not the case. it would be incumbent upon us not to repeat the grievous sin which we committed in the late thirties and early forties when we refused to permit Jews then able to leave Nazi Germany to come to this country and instead left them to perish. Todays announcement by the State Department is as gratifying for me as the statement issued by the Attorney General and the Secretary of State in September 1971 when they agreed to permit the entry of Soviet Jews into this country without regard to quota restrictions. a proposal I had first made in March 1971.
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