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BUDGET DRAFT 3-20-52 AN ACT To maintain and strengthen the mutual defenses and security of the Free World by relieving through special emigration the plight of tensions caused by overpopulation in Western Europe. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE Sec. 1. That this Act may be cited as the Special Migration Act of 1952. Sec. 2. Declaration of objectives. The Congress hereby declares it to be the purposes of this Act to enable the Government of the United States to participate more fully in fostering democratic ideals against communism, to reinforce our oun resources and economic capacities, and to assure world peace and stability. Among the means to be used to achieve these objectives are: (i) the admission into the United States of properly selected refugees from communism; (ii) the relief of dangerous tensions in Europe by the admission into the United States of properly selected people from certain designated ARD 8 s