President. my amendment offers April 21. 1947. as the cutoff date to determine the eligibility of displaced persons. The committee bill recommends a cutoff date of January 1. The war in Europe ended on May 8. 1945. Some 7 months later. on December 22. 1945. the President established immigration priorities for displaced persons who had been injured and displaced as a result of enemy action prior to December 22. 1945. This date is the cutoff date which is used in the present displacedpersons law for the establishment of eligibility. All of us can take for granted that those who became displaced persons before December 22. 1945. were actually victims of Nazi and Fascist tyranny and oppression.
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