No one really knows how many there are. But the desperate conditions in which many live are all too easily seen. In addition to the nearly 3 million refugees--or nearly half the population of Cambodiaand tens of thousands of civilian war casualties in need. a recent Study Mission of the Subcommittee on Refugees found that official estimates of the number of war orphans range up to 260.000children who have lost one or both parents. Their plight is graphically reported in a recent dispatch from the New York Times correspondent. Sydney Schanberg. As he reports. and as the hearings of the Refugee Subcommittee over the past 3 years have amply documented. "virtually all Government spending and American aid goes for the warbombs. bullets. artillery pieces--and almost nothing for the problems created by the warwidows. orphans. amputees and other victims." Mr. President. as the Congress begins consideration of authorization of more funds for more war in Cambodia. I hope we will also consider some of the needs of the victims of this continuing warlike the orphans of Cambodia.
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