Within the executive branch of the Government he has fought to eliminate redtape and senseless procedures which have proven so embarrassing and annoying to international travelers. His efforts contributed to a change in the law permitting a waiver of the fingerprinting requirement of people coming temporarily to or through the United States. He is presently seeking to obtain a waiver of the visa requirements for tourists and visitors coming to the United States. as permitted by law in certain cases with respect to neighboring countries and contiguous islands. He lent support to legislation enacted by the 85th Congress which corrected a number of hardships that had been encountered in the adMinistration of the immigration laws. When the October revolt broke out in Hungary. General Swing was among those in the forefront pressing for the immediate participation of the United States in a crash program designed to relieve the misery of antiCommunist refugees and escapees from Hungary and pressures on Austria. He was quickly on the spot in Austria and Germany and took extraordinary measures to expedite the processing of emergency admission of 30.000 deserving Hungarians to this country. General Swing is a West Point classmate of President.
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