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Supreme Court. 1960. He was engaged in private practice of law from 1940 to 1942. then joined the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Department of Justice as an examiner. Noto served with the U.S. Air Force in England. France. and Germany. from 1942 to 1945. then rejoined the INS. In 1948 he was transferred to Washington to organize an investigations section for the central office. Noto subsequently became Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Investigations. and later Assistant Commissioner responsible for all investigations by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. In that capacity he directed and managed all investigations programs of the Service. On February 28. 1962. Noto was appointed Associate Commissioner for Operations. responsible for activities of some 4.500 employees of the INS. This includes a farflung network of 1.400 patrol inspectors of the U.S. Border Patrol. who protect the land boundaries of the United States. investigators who conduct investigations of violations of the immigration and naturalization laws of the United States. and immigrant inspectors. who inspect all arrivals in the country. Since 1963 he has also served as consultant to the Secretary of State in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. I have been a friend of Mario for many years and have found him to be one of our most competent Government officials and an American of Italian heritage extraordinary. Over the years of our association he has performed his job in a most exemplary manner as is evidenced by his rise to his present position of high responsibility in the Immigration and Naturalization Service. I know that his fellow colleagues in INS as well as the rest of his friends in the Government will miss Mario Noto. I want to take this opportunity to offer my sincere congratulations on his new appointment with the Airport Security Council. and if his past performance is any indication.