Speech #720159950

A number of women have Insurance policies: One has a policy for $5.000. 1 has a policy for $1.500. which matures in 1932. 6 have policies for $1.000. 2 have policies for $2.000. The woman who has the $7.000 has $6.000 of it in bank in name of her husband and has sent him a check for $1.000. The second table I submit indicates when these women married their alien husbands. when their petitions for immigration visa were filed. and what the consuls abroad have done with the applications by the husbands for visas to enable the uniting of these families in the United States: When the marriage took place: 1927 -------------------------------------------------- 1 November ------------------------------------ 1 1928 -------------------------------------------------- 1 December ------------------------------------ 1 1929 -------------------------------------------------- 28 March --------.-------------------------------- 1 May ------------------------------------------- 2 June ---------------------------------------July ----------------------------------------1 August -------------------------------------- 4 September ------------------------------------- 2 October -------------------------------------4 November ----------------- ------------------4 December ------------------------------------- 2 1930 ---------------------------------------------133 January -------------------------------------4 February ------------------------------------6 March ----------------------------------------- 3 April ------------------------------------------ 8 May ----------------------------------------6 June ---------------------------------------- 6 July ---------------------------------------18 August -------------------------------------38 September ---------------------------------- 18 October ------------------------------------- 10 November -----------------------------------December ----------------------------------- 11 1931 -----------------------------------------------2 January -------------------------------------1 February ------------------------------------1 Thirty cases where the marriages took place before 1930 have not yet received visas. When petition was filed: 1928. February ----------------------------------------- 1 1929 -------------------.------------------------------ 13 June ---------------------------------------------- 3 July -------------------------------------------- 1 August -----------------------------------------2 September ----------------------------------------- 2 October ---------------------------------------- 1 November -----------------------...... ..-------- 1 December ---------------------------------------3 1930 ---------------------------------------------141 January ------------------------------------------- 5 February ----------------------------------------7 March ------------------------------------------5 April ------------------------------------------- 4 May --------------------------------------------7 June ------------------------------------------ 11 July -------------------------------------------9 August ----------------------------------------20 September ----------------------------------------- 25 October ------------------------------------------- 18 November -------------------------------------- 15 December -------------------------------------- 15 1931 ----------------------------------------------10 January ----------------------------------------6 February---------------------------------------- 4 Fourteen petitions filed in 192829 not yet visaed. Consul assured women visa would be granted: PolandWithin 6 weeks ----------------------------------2 Within 3 months --------------------------------- 9 Within 4 months --------------------------------- 9 Within 5 months --------------------------------- 7 Within 6 months ---------------------------------- 2 36 months -------------------------------------23 A couple of months --------------------------------- 3 As soon as quota is reached ------------------------7 Rumania34 months --------------------------------------- 2 45 months --------------------------------- 1 Would get visa ----------------------------------- 1 Czechoslovakia. 36 months ---------------------------- 1 Belgium. after marriage -------------------------------1 Palestine. 2 months ------------------------------------ 1 Habana9 months1 year ---------------------------------- 1 45 months -------------------------------------- 1 Germany. 36 months ---------------------------------- 1 Thus. 72 women who visited consuls were assured of visas. Twentyfour husbands have not yet been called. Disposition of cases called: 135 deferred. due to economic depression in United States. 1 could not speak English. 1 could not appear (sick). 3 told would be called again. 1 told visa with another consul. It is only fair to state that the tables just submitted were prepared from statistics submitted to show certain facts as they existed on or about January of this year as they were presented to our committee at that time. Since then I have been informed that in some instances the consuls have found a way to warrant the issuance of soime isolated visasmore or less as a sort of "sop" to ward off any legislation curtailing their arbitrary power abroad. which under the present immigration law is not subject to any appeal to any higher official in either the State Department or the Labor Department. In that connection I desire to call attention of the Members of this House to another bill now on the House Calendar. namely. House bill 11552. and to suggest that each of you make an effort to read the report on this bill filed by the committeeit is known as House Report No. 1193. and was filed on May 3 of this year.