The reason for this change is that the committee desired a provision which would truly avoid discrimination or favoritism. and it was not felt that the House language would accomplish that objective. The reason is that the House language is stated both in the affirmative and in the negative. and therefore could be so construed as to operate in a discriminatory manner. To explain this point by way of example consider the hypothetical case of 1.000 consecutive applicants for visas as displaced persons. Assume the first 999 of the thousand are all members of one particular religious faith. Assume also that the one thousandth applicant is of the same religious faith as the other 999 who preceded him. Then assume. further. that farther down the line are several hundred applicants of another faith. The total number of authorized quota numbers is running out. The fair thing to do would be to dip into the group down the line and issue some visas to members of that faith. so that they shall not be left out altogether. but the one thousandth applicant could properly contend. under the House language. that any such procedure would be discrimination in favor of those applicants down the line. and so the whole program would be strictly on the basis of first come. first served. -