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major European country. Visas issued to displaced
persons and refugees will be charged, according to
law, to the countries of their origin. They will
be distributed fairly among persons of all faiths,
creeds and nationality."
No termination date was fixed in your directive.
The State Department informs me that 90% of the non-
preference quotas are now being allocated to persons resident
in the American zones of occupation in Europe. Under this
set-up little opportunity exists for displaced persons in
Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Finland, as well as citi-
zens of Hungary and Czechoslovakia residing in their own
countries, many of whom actually served the United Nations'
cause, to benefit under the nonpreference quotas. This dis-
crimination has been called very definitely to the attention
of the State Department by the Ambassador to Czechoslovakia,
Hon. Laurence A. Steinhardt.
Under your directive no fixed percentage of non-
preference quotas was allocated to the American zones of ocou-
pation in Europe. You merely stated that immediate efforts
should be concentrated in those zones, but not to the exclusion
of issuance of visas in other parts of the world.
The matter of immigration to this country has been
the subject of considerable concern to the Congress, as you
know. While the Gossett Bill (H. R. 3663) was reported out
last week by the House Committee on Immigration and Naturali-
zation (House Report 2041) with an amendment striking the
provision which would have reduced immigration quotas by one-
half for a period of ten years, you will recall that shortly
after the issuance of your directive you received a letter
from Congressman Lesinski, Chairman of the House Immigration
Committee, stating that the Committee deemed your statement
unfortunate and felt that immigration at this time should not
be encouraged. The Chairman further suggested that the var-
ious departments affected and the committees of Congress should
be consulted on such matters.
On the other side of the picture, I am confident
that if immigration were reduced or cut off the protests would
exceed the present complaints of persons who wish either to
to minimize or to prohibit immigration. Equity and good con-
science dictate that the authorized quotas should be used,
and that there should be available personnel adequate to safe-
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