I am a cosponsor of Senat3 bill 1917. Previously I had introduced a very similar bill. In 1950 an amendment was made to the Displaced Persons Act providing for 18.000 visas to Polish veterans in exile. under exactly the same terms as I have proposed in these amendments to Senate bill 1917. Those veterans were unable to come Into the United States by the time the law expired. on December 31. 1951. One of the reasons why 7.000 of these Polish veterans were still in Britain and unable to come to the United States was that they could not be processed in time by the American authorities.