Displaced Persons Act of 1948. does not embrace as displaced pers6ns these men. women. and children of German ethnic origin concerning whom I have been speaking. I understand that since these people are expressly excluded from the care and assistance of the IRO and are not accepted in IRO camps. it would be exceedingly difficult from the standpoint of administration to undertake to embrace them within the group technically known asdisplaced persons. The aggregate immigration annual quota for Poland. Czechoslovakia. and Hungary. -from which these persons were driven.. is only a little over 10.000. The annual immigration quota for Germany however. is approximately -26.000. The effect of my amendment would be to permit these persons of German ethnic origin who are now lingering in Germany to have available to them. along with all other German nationals. the present German quota. These persons would of course. be obliged to comply with all of our immigration laws. This does not. Mr.
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