Speaker. on January 14. 1961. the Federation of the ItalianAmeriCan Democratic Organizations of the State of New York. Inc.. held a symposium at the Hotel New Yorker. New York City. on the Immigration and Nationality Act. About 75 representatives of various organizations interested in the immigration laws participated in the symposium. Speakers were Congressman Emanuel Celler. chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives. Mario T. Noto. Assistant Commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. and Dominick F. Rinaldi. Assistant Deputy District Director in New York. of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. After the speeches. there was a stimulating question and answer period in which many knotty problems were discussed and uncertain legislative positions clarified. Valuable suggestions were made by the audience which proved fruitful to the participants and the panelists rendered a stimulating account. not only of the provisions of the immigration law. but the administrative handling of discretionary relief cases and the processing of specialist applications under first preference status. As the chairman of the conference. I uttered a few preliminary remarks. acted as the moderator. and expressed the gratitude of the federation for the contributions of the panelists and the participation by the interested organizations.
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