President. in the Wall Street Journal of October 2. Columnist Vermont Royster wrote of the happy events in the life of Dace Epermanis since her arrival in the United States in May 1950. She was 12 years old at that time when she came to this country from Latvia as the 150.000th refugee from wartorn Europe. Mr. Roysters postscript of the American dream she found is most moving. and I would like to share it with my colleagues. And it calls to mind. Mr. President. that her neighbors from Lithuania who have emigrated here have a wistful way of recalling their dream for a new and better life in this land. They made the journey to our shores as displaced persons and. in fact. they called themselves "DPs." But the initials stood for "Dievo pauksteliai." The words were used sometimes wryly but always with hope. They mean: "Gods birds." Mr.
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