I suppose. and certainly grounded on selfishness. shames the America of which I have always been proud. This is a deplorable reaction. in my judgment. I have been here when we have taken in 40.000 Hungarians. 675.000 Cubans. hundreds of thousands of Jewish refugees from Europe. I was active in getting the ships to permit some of those refugees either to go to Israel or to come here. We now see in this Nation of immigrants. all of us immigrants in various degrees. the attitude on the part of some people that they do not want anybody to come into this country on the next boat after that which brought their ancestors. I condemn this attitude out of hand. What this country should be doing now is soliciting all the funds that can be raised for Vietnam refugee relief. working to relocate these people. get them settled. try to find jobs for them. offer them help. and encouragement in every way we can. These people are largely the middle class of Vietnam. Many of them are highrisk personnel.
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