Congressional Record Excerpt: "Case of European War Refugees - Persecuted Minorities"

June 12,1174 NALRECORD-SENATE 5827 NEW to the unwritten rule and be Mr. HILL. announce that the Sena, as a first termer, but I have now tor from Washington [Mr. BONE], the mined that some time before next Senator from Virginia [Mr. GLASS], and on day, when my short term here the Senator from Wyoming FMr. and shall make a special effort to O'MAHONEY] are absent from the Sénate in behalf of the aspirations of hu- because of illness. in the field of a permanent, per- The Senators from Nevada [Mr. Mc- just, and Christian peace. I CARRAN and Mr. SCRUGHAM] are absent Senator from Texas for open- on official business. AP hat question on this day, the The Senator from Florida/[Mr. AN- id week of the invasion. Whose sons DREWS], the Senator from Arkansas [Mrs. lost in the Straits of Dover, whose CARAWAY], the Senators from Kentucky entangled in the barbed wire [Mr. BARKLEY and Mr. CHANDLER], the which of them have been bombed Senator from Idaho NM. CLARK], the the sky and what precious and Senator from Missouri (Mr. CLARK], the Cuit bodies of the young have been Senator from Arizona AHAYDEN], the d into putrescent flesh, we do not Senator from Connecticut [Mr. MA- These, Senators, are bloody LONEY], and the Senator from South S. but America must learn of blood Carolina [Mr. SMITH are detained on der to realize that mankind is worth public business. 18 and that if is to be saved, it The Senator from North Carolina [Mr. be saved under the leadership of BAILEY] and the Senator from New York Republic. [Mr. WAGNER] are necessarily absent President, have in my hand what Mr. WHERRY. The Senator from love to be the most beautiful piece Illinois [Mr. BROOKS], the Senator from eraiure coming out of this war. I New Jersey Mr. HAWKES], the Senator take the time to read it, for it is from North Dakota [Mr. LANGER], the nx of reading, not my words, but the Senator from North Dakota [Mr. NYE], of this poetess. It is very brief. It and the Senator from Massachusetts letter to St. Peter, written by Elma [Mr. EEKS] are necessarily absent. it reads like this: The Senator from New Hampshire here in, Peter, they are very tired; [Mr TOBEY] is absent on official business. them the couches where the angels The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- steep. pore. Seventy-three Senators have an- wake whole again to new dawns fired swered to their names. A quorum is Sun, not war. And may their peace present deep. where the broken bodies lie, CARE OF EUROPEAN WAR REFUGEES- them things they like. Let them PERSECUTED MINORITIES make noise. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore how young they were to have to laid before the Senate the following swing bands, not gold harps, to these message from the President of the United boys. States, which was read by the legisla- love, Peter-they have had no tive clerk, and referred to the Commit- tee on Foreign Relations: eet as meadow wind, with flower- hair, To the Congress of the United States: have trees and bird song, hills to Congress has repeatedly manifested its of summer in a pipened pear. deep concern with the pitiful plight of how they are missed. Say not to the persecuted minorities in Europe whose lives are each day being offered to be all right with us down in sacrifice on the altar of Nazi tyranny. This Nation is appalled by the sys- CALL OF THE ROLL tematic persecution of helpless minority groups by the Nazis. To us the un- I suggest the absence of a provoked murder of innocent people simply because of race, religion, or polit- le ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ical creed is the blackest of all possible The clerk will call the roll. crimes. Since the Nazis began this cam- le Ohief Clerk called the roll, and the paign many of our citizens in all walks Senators answered to their of life and of all political and religious persuasions have expressed our feeling Green Revercomb of repulsion and our anger. It is a mat- Guffey Reynolds Robertson ter with respect to which there is and Gurney Hatch Russel can be no division of opinion amongst Hill Shipstead us. iter Holman Stewart As the hour of the final defeat of BB Jackson Taft Johnson, Colo. Thomas, Idaho the Hitlerite forces draws closer, the x Kilgore Thomas, Okla. fury of their insane desire to wipe out La Follette Thomas, Utah the Jewish race in Europe continues Lucas Truman McClellan Tunnell undiminished. This is but one exam- McFarland Tydings ple: Many Christian groups also are be- McKellar Vandenberg ing murdered. Knowing that they have Maybank Wallgren Mead Walsh, Mass. lost the war, the Nazis are determined Millikin Walsh, N.J to complete their program of mass ex- Moore Weeks termination. This program is but one Murdock Wherry Murray White manifestation of Hitler's aim. to salvage O'Daniel Wiley from military defeat victory for Nazi Overton Willis principles-the very principles which Pepper Wilson Radcliffe this war must destroy unless we shall Reed have fought in vain. Preservation Copy