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74/28/52. E JOSEPH R. FARRINGTON DELEGATE FROM HAWAII puck Congress of the United States house of Representatives Washington, D. C. 8.716, 133 S. 2550, pro Pr y" H.R.5678 June 18, 1952 THE WHITE HOUSE JUN 24 8 10 AM '52 The President RECEIVED The White House Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. President: The enclosed letter from a combat veteran of action in Korea expresses better than any words I might write to you the interest of many hundreds and even thousands of these young men who served our country in enactment into law of the so-called Walter-McCarran bill. I feel it would be most unfortunate if, # after all the sacrifices that have been made particularly by the Americans of Oriental ancestry in demonstrating their loyalty to this country, the fight to remove racial restrictions from our immigration laws is lost. I hope very earnestly, therefore, that because of its importance to the position of our country in the Pacific as well as to many of our citizens you will approve this legislation. Yours sincerely, X400- Hawaii J. R. Farrington Delegate from Hawaii Enclosure no acknowledg. ment in file 6/28/52