I appreciate the kindness and efforts of my colleague. the gentleman from California in accepting my language to extend the benefits. not only to those who served in the Armed Forces of the United States. but in the guerrillas and scouts of the Philippines as well. Another provision which I am grateful to have seen included that was in the bill I introduced. H.R. 2407. extends for 2 years the application time period. I regret. however. that there is not as much accommodation as we might have had. I regret. for example. that we do not have officials of the Immigration and Naturalization Service authorized to travel to the Philippines and take applications there. That distinction is regrettable. Nevertheless. this legislation is quite an important step. because it opens up what had been closed for so long and in such an unfair way.
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