An exchange of tourists makes for better international acquaintanceships. for friendship. for the promotion of trade. Even the $2 fee should be abolished. The United States. under authority of an act of Congress of February 25. 1925. has offered to conclude agreements with all countries for the reduction or abolishment of nonimmigrant visa fees. In justice to European governmentsand decidedly to the discredit of our own claims to exceptional business good senseit must be admitted that the United States originally was responsible for the imposition of exorbitant passport and visa fees. We took the initiative. and Europe naturally retaliated in kind. The advanced charge never was a worthwhile source of revenue to us.