New Jersey. California. Texas and other states where foreign trained nurses are employed. As the law has been administered. the result has been that not a single foreign trained nurse has been granted a visa to come to Massachusetts since January 1. 1966. With the advent of Medicare on July 1. 1966. it is likely that the hospital resources of the country will be put under severe strain. This is the worst possible time to be closing hospital beds and reducing our abilities to care for the sick. We urge in the strongest possible terms that immediate steps be taken to correct this stoppage of foreign trained professional nurses.