Mr. President. on March 2. 1948. there was filed with the Senate. report No. 950. which was the report of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary relating to displaced persons. The subcommittee and its staff is continuing the general immigration study and will report on that subject at a later date. The problem has been and continues to be an ominous one. In order to gain firsthand information. three members of the subcommittee. accompanied by four staff members. made an investigation in Europe last fall for the purpose of ascertaining the facts not only with reference to displaced persons. but also with reference to other phases of Immigration. such as the processing activities of our consular officers abroad. as wellas the methods of issuing visas . and the methods of checking on applicants for immigration. We visited numerous displacedpersons settlements in various areas of Europe. We conferred with and took testimony from not only the officials in charge of operating displacedpersons camps. but consular officers and immigration officials both of the United States- and other countries. We took testimony of the officials of the Preparatory Commission of the International Refugee Organization. We also talked with countless numbers of displaced persons themselves. We felt.
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