We may have lost sight of the physical processthe long and almost endless process. which has been established to evaluate. screen. and process these displaced persons. It is a long process. and to the individuals involved. no doubt a heartbreaking one. If we Americans were subjected to any such procedure in order to get a visa to go abroad. or to get anything. we would complainas many of us do anywaythat here is bureaucracy raised to its most maddening degree. Yet we have heard in the Senate. in the course of this debate. that there is not enough bureaucracy. the process is not long or careful enough. that not enough caution and delay are involved. I have prepared a skeleton description of the various steps which an individual in Germany. Austria or Italy has to take in order to come to the United States as a displaced person. and the processes to which his application is subjected. I should like to describe this process to the Senate. so that my colleagues and the country may judge whether the screening process is perfunctory or inadequateand please remember that this is a skeletonized description: First. The DP makes known that he is a candidate for emigration to the United States and requires an assurance by(a) Registering with a United States voluntary agency. (b) Communicating directly with friends or relatives in the United States. or (c) Registering with IRO for eventual interview by the selection unit of the DP Commission. Second. The DP awaits nomination on an assurance or selection by DP Commission.
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