President. I continue the reading: And now let us look at the statistics. As of July 31. 1949. 44 percent of the visas which had been issued to displaced persons. pursuant to the present law. were to persons of the Catholic faith. 29 percent were to persons of the Jewish faith. 27 percent were to persons of the Protestant and the orthodox faith combined. As of July 29. 1949. 50 percent of the displaced persons who had been admitted into the United States. pursuant to the present displaced persons law. were of the Catholic faith. 29 percent were of the Jewish faith. 21 percent were of the Protestant and the orthodox faith combined. And now I ask unanimous consent to insert at this point as a part of my remarks an excerpt from a letter dated August 6. 1948. which was written by Mr. Abram Orlow and Jack Wasserman. then president and national legislative representative. respectively. of the Association of Immigration and Nationality Lawyers. New York. N.
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