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<p>LOCKING OUT THE IMMIGRANT</p>
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<p>By JACOB G. HORNBERGER</p>
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<p>America of the 1800s was the most unique society in the
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history of man. People could engage in virtually any economic
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enterprise without permission of their public officials.
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People could become as wealthy as they wanted, and there was
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nothing the government could do about it. They could dispose
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of their money in any way they saw fit. And they could travel
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anywhere they desired without a passport or other evidence of
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governmental consent. This is what it once meant to be an
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American. This is what it once meant to be free.</p>
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<p>But perhaps the most unique aspect of American society of the
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1800s was that reflected by the Statue of Liberty: free
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immigration. For this was a society in which the citizenry
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prohibited their public officials from interfering with the
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right of people everywhere to come to the United States to
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live and work.</p>
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<p>What was the result of this unusual society--a society without
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income taxation, welfare, social security, licensing,
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passports, subsidies, economic regulations, and immigration
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restrictions? The result was the most economically prosperous
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nation in the history of man! And this despite the fact that
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thousands of penniless immigrants, many of whom could not
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speak English, were flooding American shores every day.</p>
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<p>But prosperity for the poor was not the real significance of
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our ancestors' policy of freedom of immigration. The true
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significance is a much more profound one. For the first time
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in history, oppressed and persecuted people everywhere had
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hope--hope that if they were able to escape the tyranny under
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which they suffered, there was a place which would accept
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them. America was a beacon--a beacon of liberty which shone
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through the darkness of oppression, persecution, and tyranny
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throughout the world--a beacon which lit the hearts of
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millions who knew that if they could just escape, there was a
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nation, albeit faraway, to which they could flee.</p>
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<p>But no longer--and not for many decades. While the Statue of
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Liberty is a nice place for tourists to visit, it now stands
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as an sad reminder of the rejection and abandonment by 20th-century Americans of the principles of liberty on which our
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nation was founded. And while the welfare-state, planned-economy way of life most clearly evidences this rejection and
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abandonment, the consequences, while bad, have not been as
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evil and horrible as those resulting from the abandonment of
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the principles of free immigration.</p>
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<p>We must never forget that citizens are responsible for
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wrongdoing by their own government--even when they consciously
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choose to ignore it. The best-known example in recent times of
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conscious disregard of wrongdoing by one's own government
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involved the German people in the 1930s--when Hitler embarked
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on his policy of extermination of the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Jews</span>. Most Americans
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believe that under same or similar circumstances, the people
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of this nation would act differently. Unfortunately, they are
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wrong. Because what Americans have never been taught in their
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public schools is that the American government, as well as
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other Western governments (including Britain, <span class="GPE" title="GPE">Canada</span>, and most
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of Latin America), through their control of immigration,
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sealed all avenues of <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Jewish</span> escape from the Holocaust.</p>
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<p>The sordid facts and details are set forth in two books: While
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Six Million Died: A Chronicle of American Apathy by Arthur D.
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Morse, first published in 1967, and The Holocaust Conspiracy:
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An International Policy of Genocide by William R. Perl,
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published in 1989. Morse was executive producer of "<span class="ORG" title="ORG">CBS</span>
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Reports" and the winner of numerous broadcasting awards. Perl
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served as a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army Intelligence Service,
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worked in the Prosecution Branch of the War Crimes trials, and
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later taught at George Washington University.</p>
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<p>An American cannot read these two books without total
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revulsion at the reaction of his own government to Hitler's
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policies against the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Jews</span>. Both authors detail the methods by
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which American politicians and bureaucrats, while maintaining
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an appearance of great humanitarianism, used immigration
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policies to prevent Germany's <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Jews</span> from escaping to the United
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States. Morse writes:</p>
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<p> In 1938 the Nazis burned every synagogue in the nation,
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shattered the windows of every <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Jewish</span> establishment,
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hauled twenty-five thousand innocent people to
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concentration camps, and fined the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Jews</span> 1000000000
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marks for the damage.</p>
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<p> Five days later, at a White House press conference, a
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reporter asked the President, "Would you recommend a
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relaxation of our immigration restrictions so that the
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<span class="NORP" title="NORP">Jewish</span> refugees could be received in this country?"</p>
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<p> "This is not in contemplation," replied the President.
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"We have the quota system."</p>
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<p> The United States not only insisted upon its immigration
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law throughout the Nazi era, but administered it with
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severity and callousness. In spite of unprecedented
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circumstances, the law was constricted so that even its
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narrow quotas were not met. The lamp remained lifted
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beside the golden door, but the flame had been
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extinguished and the door was padlocked.</p>
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<p>And Perl writes:</p>
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<p> Anti-Semitism . . . was certainly a part of the anti-immigration mood of the country, but it was not the sole
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cause. This was 1938, the U.S. was still on the fringes
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of the 1929 depression, and fear that newcomers would
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take away jobs needed from those already in the country
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was genuine. The fact that newcomers mean also increased
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consumption, that many of them, as they actually did,
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created new jobs rather than occupy existing ones was not
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considered. . . .</p>
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<p> President Roosevelt was first of all a politician, and a
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shrewd and ruthless one at that. He was not going to
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imperil his fragile coalition for moral or humanitarian
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reasons. He was not ready to put it to a test over an
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issue that, he knew, was loaded with emotion among
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supporters as well as opponents and which was in summary
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not popular at all. He was at that time preparing to run
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for an unprecedented third term of the presidency, and
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any rocking of the boat was out of the question. . . .
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Yet, it was necessary to keep up the image of a great
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liberal and humanitarian.</p>
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<p>One of the most dramatic and tragic examples of the U.S.
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government's immigration policy against the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Jews</span> was evidenced
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by what has become known as "the voyage of the damned." Just
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before war broke out in Europe, a German cruise ship loaded
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with almost 1000 <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Jewish</span> refugees left Germany and headed to
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Cuba--where friends and relatives of the passengers waited for
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their loved ones. When the ship arrived, the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Cuban</span> government
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refused to permit the <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Jews</span> to disembark. When the ship began
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moving close to American waters, the United States Coast Guard
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closely followed to make certain that no <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Jew</span> jumped ship and
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infiltrated America.</p>
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<p>Since no other nations were willing to accept the refugees,
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the ship headed back to Germany where certain death awaited
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its passengers. At the last minute, England and some of the
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European nations reluctantly agreed to accept the refugees.
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Unfortunately, many of those who went to Europe were later
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killed under the Nazi occupation.</p>
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<p>It is easy for present-day Americans to say, "We would never
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let that happen again." Yet, we continue to permit our public
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officials to control immigration. And the results of this
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control point only in the direction of future catastrophe.</p>
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<p>The U.S. government rightly criticizes the Soviet Union for
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not letting <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Jews</span> emigrate . . . but then is horrified at the
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prospect of having to let Soviet <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Jews</span> enter the United States.</p>
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<p>The U.S. government rightly criticizes Vietnam for its
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oppressive society . . . but then is horrified at the prospect
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of having to let <span class="NORP" title="NORP">Vietnamese</span> "boat people" enter the United
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States.</p>
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<p>And on the southern border of the United States, good and
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honorable people of the Republic of Mexico have been
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incarcerated, year after year, in American concentration
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centers for committing the heinous "crime" of trying to
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sustain and improve their lives through labor. I personally
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have been inside these concentration centers and visited with
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these victims of 20th-century political tyranny, and I shall
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never forget the looks on their faces--looks which asked, "Why
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are you doing this to us?"</p>
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<p>Free immigration is nothing to fear. As free-market economists
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have shown for years (i.e., Julian L. Simon's 1989 book, The
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Economic Consequences of Immigration), immigration is actually
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an economic boon to a society. Of course, fears of huge
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burdens associated with welfare, public schooling, and other
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aspects of the welfare state are a legitimate concern. But we
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should not use the welfare state as an excuse for rejecting
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free immigration; instead, we should use freedom as a reason
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for ending both the welfare state and immigration controls--
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and for ending the real and potential evils and horrors
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associated with them.</p>
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<p>As walls separating people are crumbling all over the world,
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it is time for us to tear down our walls. It is time for us to
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recapture the spirit of liberty which guided our American
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ancestors and lead the world to the highest reaches of freedom
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ever known by man. It is time for us to let the world know
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that its beacon of liberty is once again lighted for its poor,
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its tired, its huddled masses yearning to breathe free!</p>
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<p>Mr. Hornberger is founder and president of The Future of
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Freedom Foundation.</p>
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<p>------------------------------------------------------------
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From the June 1991 issue of FREEDOM DAILY,
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Copyright (c) 1991, The Future of Freedom Foundation,
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PO Box 9752, Denver, Colorado 80209, 303-777-3588.
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Permission granted to reprint; please give appropriate credit
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and send one copy of reprinted material to the Foundation.
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