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And he has the effrontery to hit back at Vfr. Dulles as though a grave injustice had 3een done him. "I never came down here isking for any job." he asserted. "I came town solely relying upon the integrity and ionesty of Mr. Dulles." Corsi had been State Industrial Commisdoner in New York and at one time United States Commissioner of Immigration. He was named to the new Federal job in the 3elief that as a supposed expert in the field f immigration he could help speed up the -efugee immigration program. The law au.horizes special admission for 214.000 immi.rants by the end of 1956. but only about 12.000 have been given visas to enter the nited States since the program became efective 17 months ago. A visit to Western European countries was nade recently by Corsi to determine what :ould be done to step up the flow of refugees .o this country. Meanwhile he had come inder congressional fire. directed particuarly by Representative FRANCIS E. WALTER. >f Pennsylvania. the coauthor of the McDarranWalter Immigration Act. WALTER attacked Corsi for alleged associa.Ion in the past with Communistfront or.anizations. a charge which Corsi denied. NALTER then announced that he had "docunentary evidence" of the charges made. and .e accused Cors also of pledging himself to junk" certain immigration laws and of calling legislatorsin effectNazis and Iandidates for the insane asylum" for supoorting such laws. Corst managed also to tangle with Scott IcLeod. the State Departments chief secu*ity officer. who administers the Refugee Re.ief Act. It was reported that Corsi had levised a plan to reorganize the administraion to take it out of McLeods hands. All in all. the "lame duck" from the Dewey taff made himself pretty troublesome durng his brief stay in the Department. and he termination of his 3month appointment nust have been hailed with relief.