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OCR Page 1 of 5DRAFT
3/5/52
MESSAGE
To the Congress of the United States:
I recommend that the Congress authorize a special program of
aid to that small but courageous group of people who are escaping from
behind the Iron Curtain. Our aid should include admission of a limited
number of these people to the United States. I ask also that admission to
this country be authorized for certain other groups from the overpopulated
areas of Western Europe.
The admission of displaced persons under the Displaced Persons
Act of 1948 is approaching the termination date fixed by the Congress.
The Congress and the American people have every right to be proud of our
achievements under this farsighted Immanitarian legislation.
Under this law, almost 330,000 victims of tyranny have been re-
settled in the United States. The major phase of the program was completed
with the issuance of practically all of the 341,000 visas authorized to be
issued by midnight, December 31, 1951. In addition, the Congress authorized
the admission of 54,744 Germans who had fled or been driven from areas
behind the Iron Curtain. There is every likelihood that the remaining
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