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I have before me a statement from the distinguished senior Senator from Nevada which has been transmitted from Europe. I should like to read the statement to the Senate. and then I wish to propound a unanimousconsent request. based upon the statement the Senator from Nevada makes. The statement from the distinguished senior Senator from Nevada is as follows: I have conferred with officials of the Displaced Persons Commission. the United States Consular Service. the Immigration and Naturalization Service. the International Refugee Organization and voluntary agencies. the Lutheran World Federation. the National Catholic Welfare Conference. and the American Joint Distribution Committee. My studies and investigation have included all major areas of Germany having displaced persons. Authentic information discloses to me fraud in essential documents. misrepresentation. maladministration. and violation of law. All of the officials agreed that the program under the present act when completed will have taken care of the persons actually displaced by the recent war. except for a socalled hard core which covers a group of applicants who are disqualified under the immigration laws because of disease or criminality or because they are persons likely to become a public charge. My investigation indicates the need of tightening the existing law with respect to the security of the United States. as well as the need for more thorough examination of displaced persons applications. Material already developed requires further study and full disclosure of the administration of the present act before intelligent action can be taken on pending legislation. I give you a personal assurance that I am bending every effort to complete my investigation so that I may report at the earliest possible moment. You Senators may rest assured that there is no immediate need for additional legislation. and that intelligent and prudent action can be taken before the expiration of the existing law. I respectfully request you to obtain unanimous consent for extension XCV---890 of my. permission to be absent from the Senate for another 3 weeks. as I must confer with international refugee organization officials in Geneva. Switzerland. and will investigate the displaced persons situation in Austria and Italy. If we pass. the House version of the DP bill as it is now before the Judiciary Committee it would be a serious mistake. That Is the expression of the DP service here. and of officials of the consular service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the United States. I cannot get back In time and conclude my Investigation. because it covers such a wide field. That concludes the statement which has been transmitted from Europe from the distinguished senior Senator from Nevada.