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S. Marine Carp. She arrived at the port of entry in New York on January 23. 1947. in possession of a visitors visa and was admitted into the United States for a period of 6 months as a temporary visitor for pleasure. At the time Miss Hitschmannova was admitted here she stated that she was coming to this country to visit a friend. one Ruth Gruber. in New York City. May I say in passing that in May of 1941 the House of Representatives passed a provision of a bill which would terminate Ruth Grubers employment in the office of the Secretary of the Interior because of alleged Communist sympathies. After her admission into the United States Miss Hitschmannova received accreditation by the United Nations as a newspaper correspondent for certain publications. Thereafter she was reaccredited for a period ending January 1. 1950. for another publication and since January 1. 1950. she has been reaccredited from time to time. On each occasion on which Miss Hitschmannova has been accredited or reaccredited by the United Nations the Division of Security of the Department of State and the Visa Division of the Department of State have registered with the Division of International Administration of the Department of State strong objection to her accreditation on the grounds that her presence in the United States is a definite security threat. But on every occasion the Secretary of State. on the recommendation of the Division of International Administration. has refused to object to this aliens accreditation of reaccreditation. When the Immigration and Naturalization Service received notice of Miss Hitschmannovas accreditation as a press correspondent to January 1. 1951. the Service authorized an extension of her temporary stay on condition that she was in possession of a passport validated\ for a period at least 60 days beyond January 1. 1951. Thereafter. in February of 1951. Miss Hitschmannova. who is a native of Egypt. received a Czechoslovakiari passport issued from Prague and valid until December of 3.951.