President. the pending substituteand also the bill reported by the committee provide for the admission of German ethnics in the number of 54.000. under the German quota. I voted against the provision which attempted to put some millions of those persons into the displacedpersons class. and thereby greatly dilute that class. However. the purpose of this amendment Is to charge to the countries of origin the visas granted to persons. of German ethnic origin coming from eastern Europe. thereby leaving a greater number of visas available for real Germans. born in Germany. including those who were born in East Prussia or other sections of Germany which now have been taken over by Russia. I see no reason why the visas granted to persons of German ethnic origin coming from Hungary. Latvia. and other countries. could not be charged against the countries of origin. They would have to be charged in that way unless this amendment were adopted.