In either case his remarks were a sorry performance for a President who has told us almost daily that recriminations over Vietnam must be ended. Surely the President must know that he no longer needs the troop authority that H.R. 6096 would have provided. Surely he knows that the Congress has been more than generous in its provision of aid to the South Vietnamese and has every intention of providing responsibly for the present flood of refugees once the dimensions of their need become clear. It is the duty of the Executive at this point to assess that need and promptly report to the Congress. It does not serve the interests of anyone for the President to suggest that his former colleagues have lost sight of the message symbolized in the Statue of Liberty.
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