Mr. President. that it will not take much time. partly because the subject is important. and partly because I. for one. think that citizens other than Members of the Senate ought to have the full story. I shall read again the cable which the Senator from Nevada sent to the Senate. and I ask every Senator to consider his observations in the matter: 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.
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