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The Senator from New York will be very glad. indeed. to inform the Senator from Washington. The statement was made by the Senator from Mississippi and. I think. by other Senators who have spoken. that the sole authority for the admission of the displaced persons into this country rested with the IRO. the International Refugee Organization. and with the Displaced Persons Commission. When I suggested the inaccuracy of that statement. and pointed out that the final authority and power rested with the Immigration and Naturalization Service and with the consular service of the State Department. my assertions were denied. I had the greatest difficulty. as some of my colleagues may recall. in obtaining permission from the Senator from Mississippi to insert into the RECORD statements made on the authority of the head of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Chief of the Visa Division of the State Department. I finally obtained that permission. and I inserted that statement into the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. where any Senator or any member of the public who has access to the