Speech #810189684

I repeatout of the 135.000 displaced persons who have come to the United States. has there been any possibly derogatory security information which did not reach the CIC before the displaced parsons left for the United States. He testifiod that thd CIC has in its files a Berlin documentation center check on every single displaced person who has left for the United States. Misstatement No. 9: The Senator from Mississippi stated in the tenth paragraph of the first column of page 2636 that a displaced persons application could be vetoed by the Immigration Service only under the immigration laws. and by the Displaced Persons Commission under the Displaced Persons Act. Mr. President. the inference is that the major power resides in the Displaced Persons Commission. This is not correct. The Displaced Persons Commission has the final word on the eligibility of displaced personsI repeat the word "eligibility" of displaced personsunder the definition of displaced persons contained in the Displaced Persons Actmainly as to date of arrival in the displaced persons area. and the reasons for arrival. But the consular service has the final word as to admissibility of the individual in question as an immigrant. regardless of whether he is a displaced person or an ordinary quota immigrant. under all the laws of the United States. The State Department and the Immigration and Naturalization Service have the last word as to the established factswhich these services help establishon political background. moral turpitude. criminal record. and all the other aspects which go to make up a poor security risk o a poor character risk.