DEAR MR. SECRETARY: Recently the President in a message to the Congress requested legislation to reduce the dutyfree allowance applicable to American tourists returning to the United States from $500 to $100. For a long time I have been Interested In ways and means to promote the flow of tourist travel in both directions. and I have introduced In the Congress legislation to establish an Office of Tourism in the Department of Commerce. plus basic amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to temporary travel of visitors to and in the United States. It was reported in the press recently that the Canadian and Mexican Governments had protested the proposal to reduce the dutyfree allowance for Americans reentering the United States. In view of the fact that the proposal undoubtedly has foreign policy implications.
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