But the facts show that this is not the case. The facts show that it is getting quite difficult to find qualified persons from the Baltic countries for whom assurances and sponsorship can be provided. The result boils down to the fact that the monthly rates of issuing visas will depend from here on upon our ability to find enough qualified persons to meet this 40percent requirement. It is true that about 15.000 DP visas have been issued monthly for some time now. and that in September this number exceeded 18.000. It is clear now. however. that there are not enough qualified Baltic DPs to assure that 6.000 of them can be found monthly to maintain the 40percent requirement of a 15.000 monthly total. In other words the whole rate at which the program proceeds from this point is determined entirely by the number of qualified Baltic persons. Representatives of the DP Commission have stated that in their opinion the rates at which visas will be issued if the present law is continued without change can be expected to drop to a level of 8.000 or 10.000 monthly by November or December of this year. The ultimate meaning of this. of course. is that we will fail to admit 205.000 persons by July 1. 1950. and may instead. wind up with a total perhaps as low as 150.000 to 170.000. Virtually identical arguments can be made against the provision which requires 30 percent of all eligible DPs to be farmersand it must be recalled that these two mutually inclusive provisions must both be considered in attempting to administer the law.