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Abba P. Schwartz as Administrator of the Bureau of Consular Affairs. Refugees and Immigration of the State Department. I call attention to a New York Times editorial of July 12 of this year. This was on the occasion when announcement was first made of the intention to appoint Mr. Schwartz. The first two paragraphs of that editorial. entitled "Good Sense on Immigration." read as follows: The administrations decision to appoint Abba P. Schwartz as Chief of the State Departments Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs reflects a recognition that Immigrants make a positive contribution to this country and that the officials in charge of admitting them should not be primarily policemen. The scheduled reorganization of the Bureau will transfer out the security functions and leave Mr. Schwartz in charge of immigration. visa. passport. and refugee mattersareas in which his broad experience with international agencies in this field should prove exceptionally useful. His long identification with humanitarian efforts in international migration indicates he will bring to his new post the compassion and understanding that are badly needed in the administration of existing regulations. The selection of Mr. Schwartz is a notably high level one. as the editorial points out. In 194647 Mr. Schwartz was counsel of the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees of the United Nations in London. From 1947 to 1949 he was with the Preparatory Commission for the International Refugee Organization. From then on he remained as counsel for that International Refugee Commission. In this capacity Mr. Schwartz has come to know intimately most of the important U.S. consular offices throughout the world.