If the committee bill should be passed. we would be substituting a threepronged procedure for a twopronged method. This would act only to further burden the already overburdened facilities of both of these important services. IApparently many of our citizens are under the mistaken impression that displaced persons admitted to the United States come in without any relationship to the longstanding quota system. Nothing could be further from the truth. Every displaced person who enters the United States under this program is charged against the quota of his country of origin or nationality. The determination of the country of origin or nationality of each displaced person is made by the Foreign Service or consular officer of the Department of State at the time of his determination with respect to the admissibility of the displaced person under the regular immigration laws. The effect of charging all displaced persons to the quotas of their countries of origin or nationality is for all practical purposes a reduction of all future immigration to the United States for many years to come to an appreciable degree. However. it should be noted that practically every bill which has come before either House of the Congressand that includes the pending proposalscontains a provision for the admission of a small number of war orphans. This group consists of those unfortunate children who have lost both parents during the tragic war period. and who today are sought by many of the finest of our citizens who seek to have their homes brightened and their hearts warmed by the laughter of little children made happy by knowing that they are loved and wanted.
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