Mr. Speaker. a 42year veteran of Government service. known to his friends and employees as "Colonel King." has retired after serving the past 14 years as Chief of the Immigration and Naturalization Service District headquartered in my home city of Buffalo. N.Y. William J. King has acquired a host of friends and has commanded wide respect in a position of responsibility that often has touched on very sensitive problems of human relations. As one of the major international gateways to the United States. many. many thousands of individuals have crossed the border each day from Canada through the stations over which he had charge. Colonel King supervised his district in a strict but completely humane manner. giving courteous and sympathetic consideration to every request for assistance in connection with immigration and naturalization problems. Before he joined the Immigration and Naturalization Service he served in the Army where he achieved the rank of full colonel and is credited with organizing the Armys Criminal Investigations Division during World War II. I join with Colonel Kings many friends in wishing him gracious living in his retirement and many many happy days ahead. Mr.
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