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R. 9980. and the committee report is House Report 2396. The original bill was introduced early in the spring and the revised measure introduced June 3. 1940. Extensive hearings were held on the bill by a subcommittee of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. Repre*sentatives of the State Department. Immigration and Naturalization Service. and the Department of Justice as well as the War Department. appeared and gave testimony on the bill. The American Bar Association and some other groups were represented at the hearings. The bill has the approval of the various departments of the Government. The American Bar Association. through its representatives. also approves the measure. It has been recommended by the House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization without objection. A rule has been granted and the bill is on the House Calendar. I particularly want to call your attention to the importance of this measure and urge you to give it your careful study and considerationso when it comes to the floor of the House for debate. there will be no feeling on the part of this membership that the bill has not heretofore been brought to your attention.