It is pointed out in the committee report. Mr. President. that the committees amendment will not preclude activity of a preliminary nature by the Displaced Persons Commission in Europe. but that the committee amendment emphasizes and reenforces the clear congressional intent at the time of the enactment of the present displaced persons law. namely. that the major and ultimate responsibility for the administration of the law shall be in the Immigration and Naturalization Service and in the American Foreign Service. That point was brought out in the debate in the last session of Congress. when the original bill was passed. between the junior Senator from Michigan and the Senator from Missouri . The Senator from Michigan said that he did not want the UNRRA people running the program. and if he thought they would be running it he would not be for that kind of bill. The Senator from Missouri said: "Dont you see that you are going to have a duplication here?" Nevertheless. when the bill was originally passed. as shown by the debate. and the language of the law itself. the intention of Congress was that th. Immigration Service and the consular service should have the right of veto and the final say. The Displaced Persons Commission was never intended to do the screening. selecting. and processing in Europe. They were supposed to sit in the United States and furnish assurances. find jobs and homes. and look after the people when they got here.
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