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I have not entirely completed it. I shall conclude it in a moment. The Commissioner of Immigration has 20 employees and agents engaged in this work In Europe. In addition to these. there are the regular immigration officials at Ellis Island and other points of entry where displaced persons may be refused entryand sometimes areon the basis of facts not originally known which would bar these displaced persons from entry into the United States under the immigration laws of the United States. Mr. President. this statement has been read to the Commissioner of Immigration. and he has advised me that what I have said is in accord with the facts. Mr. President. with the further indulgence of the able Senator from Mississippi-