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CANARV - DEPARTMENT GITY OF SAINT PAUL �
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C ncil esolution
Presented By ��
Referred To Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, the United States of America from its inception has had a
policy of welcoming oppressed people, and
WHEREAS, all citizens of this nation, with the exception af the
American Indian, can trace their roots to a foreign shore, and
WHEREAS, the people of the United States are compassionate when it
comes to assisting others less fortunate, and
WHEREAS, there now exists a condition in the Far East where citizens
are not welcome in any country and are being inhumanely treated,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of St. Paul implores
the President of the United States to offer shelter and aid to some
76,000 "boat people" as a commitment that the United States is assuming
its moral obligation of taking care of homeless refugees.
COUNCILMEN Requested by Department of:
Yeas Nays �
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Hunt �)
-�ze _ __ Against BY
Maddox
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Ado�4ed�by Councj-1� Date �� ,
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ertified :sed by Council Secretary BY
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l�1 d by ;Navor: Date s 19'19 Approved by Mayor for Submission to Council
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