Mr. Speaker. the Nashville Tennessean in a recent editorial entitled "Refugees Provide Test of Nations Compassion." emphasizes that only 30.000 of the South Vietnamese refugees are heads of households and will compete in the labor market with Americans for scarce jobs. No one wants to be confronted with this problembut it Is here and the question is: How do we respond? The Tennesseean In its editorial refers to the timeless words engraved on the Statute of Liberty in New York Harbor: Give me your tired. your poor. your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. the wretched refuse of your teeming shores. send these. the homeless tempest tost to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door. The editorial suggests that in this creed we must find our answer anc our response to the homeless refugees seeking a haven In our country. Because of the interest of my colleagues and the American people in this most important subject. I place the editorial from the Tennessean in the RECORD herewith.
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