Telegram from David Lloyd to Richard Neustadt

The thouse 1952 MAR 11 AM 3 37 2 mm OFF U. S. NAVAL BASE, KEY WEST , FLORIDA PRAFT. MARCH 10,1952 3-12-51 TO : MR NEWSTADT, THE WHITE HOUSE FROM : MR LLOYD, KEY WEST, FLORIDA TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: E. ONE OF THE GRAVEST PROBLEMS ARISING FROM THE PRESENT WORLD CRISIS IS CREATED BY THE FLIGHT AND EXPULSION OF PEOPLE FROM THE OPPRESSED COUNTRIES OF EASTERN EUROPE, AND BY OVERPOPULATION IN PARTS OF WESTERN EUROPE. 2. THIS PROBLEM IS OF GREAT PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE TO THE PEACE AND SECURITY OF THE FREE WORLD. IT IS ALSO OF GREAT CONCERN TO US, BECAUSE THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR OF THIS ENACTED. SOME FAVORABLE LEGISLATION LONG HUMANITARIAN TRADITIONS. THE CONGRESS HAS RECOGNIZED PROBLEM AND HAS ALREADY TO HELP TO MEET IT. I ASK THE CONGRESS TO GIVE EARLY AND CONSIDERATION TO ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION TO MAKE MORE ADEQUATE PROVISION FOR MEETING THIS SITUATION. 3. SPECIFICALLY, I ASK THE CONGRESS TO AUTHORIZE A PROGRAM THAT WILL: (1) CONTINUE OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL EFFORT NOW BEING MADE TO ASSIST IN THE MIGRATION AND RESETTLEMENT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD OF A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF PERSONS FROM THE OVERPOPULATED AREAS OF WESTERN EUROPE, (2) PROVIDE AID FOR THE COURAG- EOUS PEOPLE WHO ARE ESCAPING FROM SOVIET TYRANNY BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN, TAND (3) AUTHORIZE ADDITIONAL IMMIGRATION INTO THIS COUNTRY, ON A LIMITED AND TEMPORARY BASIS, TO AID IN ALLEVIATING THE P2 PROBLEM CREATED BY SOVIET TYRANNY AND OVERPOPULATION IN WESTERN EUROPE. #. THE SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM CANNOT, AND SHOULD NOT, BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ANY ONE NATION. IT IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE WORLD CRISIS WHICH THE FREE NATIONS MUST MEET TOGETHER. IT DEMANDS THE COOPERATIVE EFFORTS OF MLL INTERESTED COUNTRIES. BUT A REAL SOLUTION CAN BE FOUND ONLY IF THE UNITED STATES DOES ITS PART. WE HAVE DONE OUR PART IN THE PAST, AND WE CANNOT AFFORD TO FALTER NOW. 5. WORLD NUMERAL TWO) LEFT IN ITS WAKE A TREMENDOUS UPHEAVAL OF POPULATION IN THE COUNTRIES OF EUROPE. TO MEET IT, THE UNITED STATES TOOK THE LEAD IN ESTABLISHING THE INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ORGANIZATION, WHICH PROVIDED CARE AND PROTECTION FOR DISPLACED PERSONS AND MADE POSSIBLE THE MIGRATION OF 1,052,000 OF THEM TO COUNTRIES ABLE AND WILLING TO RECIEVE THEM. s. AS OUR OWN CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMON EFFORT, THE CONGRESS IN 1948 ENACTED THE DISPLACED PERSONS ACT. BOTH THE CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE PROUD OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS MADE UNDER THIS FARSIGHTED HUMANITARIAN LEGISLATION. 7. THE DISPLACED PERSONS ACT IS NOW APPROACHING THE TERMINATION DATE FIXED BY THE CONGRESS. UNDER THIS LAW, ALMOST 330,000 VICTIMS OF TYRANNY HAVE BEEN RESETTLED IN THE UNITED STATES. THE MAJOR PHASE OF THE PROGRAM WAS COMPLETED WITH THE ISSUANCE OF PRACTICALLY ALL. p 3 OF THE 341,000 VISAS AUTHORIZED TO BE ISSUED BY MIDNIGHT, DECEMBER of 31,1951. IN ADDITION, THE CONGRESS AUTHORIZED THE ADMISSION 40,54,744 GERMANS WHO HAD FLED OR BEEN DRIVEN FROM AREAS EAST OF THE IRON CURTAIN. THERE IS EVERY LIKELIHOOD THAT THE REMAINING VISAS FOR THESE GERMAN EXPELLEES WILL BE ISSUED AHEAD OF THE JUNE 30, 1952 DEADLINE SET BY THE CONGRESS. 8. THE JOB HAS BEEN WELL DONE BY THE DISPLACED PERSONS COMMISSION AND OTHER COOPERATING AGENCIES OF THE GOVERNMENT. MUCH OF THE SUCCESS OF THE PROGRAM IS THE RESULT OF THE VITAL WORK DONE BY PRIVATE VOLUNTARY AGENCIES, REPRESENTING OUR MAJOR RELIGIOUS FAITHS AND NATIONALITY GROUPS, AND BY THE STATE COMMISSIONS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNORS OF 34 STATES. THESE ORGANIZATIONS OF CITIZENS HAVE CONTRIBUTED THEIR EFFORTS AND RESOURCES TO SELECTING AND RESETTLING THE GREATER PART OF THE DISPLACED PERSONS ADMITTED TO THIS COUNTRY. WITHOUT THEM, AND WITHOUT THE COODWITI AND COOPERATIVE RESPONSE OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN HOMES AND