There is certainly no doubt that those who drafted this resolution had good intentions in their efforts to try to express what I am sure is in the consciences and in the thoughts of most of us. that in this closing hour of this desperate history Americans would want to extend some kind of helping hand. The mischief of this legislation is that it invites again into public controversy a question as to whether we will by this vote authorize a military involvement in an area which the Congress has already clearly spoken about and said that it should not permit. The section with respect to evacuation in my view clearly permits the use of military force to remove South Vietnamese political refugeesnot only dependents of American citizens or permanent residents or those in some way connected to people already in this country. And this dangerous authority is a very serious defect in the legislation. This bill is not necessary.
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