The U.S. Congress must begin to address itself to the Irish question. Our first attention must be directed at determining what role our Government is playing in the arbitrary revocation of the visas of leading Irish figures seeking to visit the United States. In my visit to Dublin I met with leading American officials to discuss the matter and came away with no new information to disprove the claim that our Government was involved in a form of censorship. The Immigration Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee held a preliminary hearing on the subject and in the interim they and myself have sought specific information from the State Department on the revocation issue. We have met with little success and it is more imperative than ever that the subcommittee reconvene these hearings. call officials from the State Department as well as allowing for waivers to be granted to all those Irish figures whose visas were revoked. I met with virtually all of them and have information which can aid the committee in their work. Further.
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