Speech #810251181

This provision is primarily designed to alleviate the already visible congestion of the eastern seaboard States and help to distribute the displaced persons more evenly all over the United States. Sixth. Most recent pertinent figures relating to admission of displaced persons under the 1948 act as of May 31. 1950: Admitted -------------------153. 843 Visas issued------------------ 165.945 Of this number. the following quota charges were made: Poland -------------------------- 78.074 Latvia ------------------------- 21.825 Lithuania ------------ _------19.339 Russia --------------------------- 14.715 Estonia ------------------------- 7. 440 Yugoslavia ----------------------- 5.741 Hungary ------------------------- 4.879 Czechoslovakia. etc -------------- 4. 672 The breakdown according to religious affiliations of displaced persons admitted by May 31. 1950. shovs that 46 percent are of the Catholic faith. 29 percent of the Protestant and orthodox faith. 23 percent of the Jewish faith. and 2 percent belong to other faiths. Compared with figures showing the religious affiliation of the new immigrants as of January 1. 1950. these figures show a gradual decrease of the percentage of Jews. most of whom are now going to Israel. and a gradual but steady increase of the percentage of Protestants and orthodox. The percentage of Catholics remains static. Seventh.