I can not agree with the statement made yesterday by my colleague from New York. the distinguished gentleman on this subcommittee [Mr. GeiFTIN]. that citizens are not entirely desirable at consulates. That is not a correct statement. especially at this time when an extraordinary amount of work in connection with visas in conformity with the quota provision of the immigration law has been assigned to our consulates in foreign countries. There have been some abuses at consulates. there have been complaints and there have been officials dismissed at consulates. but now that we have this innigration work. which brings thousands of people to our consular offices that we did not have before immigration work was put on the consulates. it is absolutely necessary that we have American citizens doing the clerical work at consulates. Why. gentlemen. if you go to the office of the British consul general in New York you will not find anyone doing any clerical work there except British subjects. If you go to the French consulateand I am not speaking about embassiesand to the German consulate. you will find their own nationals doing the work.
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