Soviet Ambassador. when he called on Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles late yesterday to inform him officially of the "predatory attack of Nazi Germany" against Russia. Emerging smiling from his conference with Mr. Welles. the Ambassador told newspapermen he had received a clearcut statement of United States policy toward the conflict and a promise that "all questions deriving from the German attack will receive immediate and friendly attention." While the Ambassador smiles and while our Government is giving him assurances of immediate and friendly attention to his every request as Russia fights for its life. there is an American mother in my district in New Jersey who is literally dying by inches because the Soviet Government will not give immediate and friendly attention to the requests of the American Government and Secretary of State Hull to grant her son. a nativeborn American citizen. an exit visa from the Soviet. Herein lies one of the most tragic stories of this war. particularly as it directly affects the lives and welfare of the American citizens involved. The mother I describe is Mrs. Sophie Putkowski. a naturalized American citizen domiciled in Passaic. N. J.. and her son is Dr.
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