U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Hon. EMANUEL CELLER, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: In response to your request for a report relative to the bill (H.R. 6629) for the relief of Joan Josephine Smith, there is attahed a memocrandum of information concerning the beneficiary. This memorandum has been prepared from the Immigration and Naturalization Service files relating to the beneficiary by the New York, N.Y., office of this Service, which has custody of those files. The bill would confer nonquota immigrant status upon the 16year-old illegitimate daughter of a U.S. citizen. As a quota immigrant the alien would be chargeable to the quota for Jamaica, a subquota of Great Britain. Sincerely, J. M. SWING, Commissioner. MEMORANDUM OF INFORMATION FROM IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE FILES RE JOAN JOSEPHINE SMITH, BENEFICIARY OF H.R. 6629 Information concerning this case was obtained from Ambrose M. Smith, who claims to be the father of the beneficiary. The beneficiary, Joan Josephine Smith, was born out of wedlock on December 31, 1942, in Jamaica, British West Indies, and is a subject of Great Britain. Her mother, Eugenie Schaffe, who was also a British subject, died in 1944. Miss Smith resides in Kingston, Jamaica, with a brother of the sponsor and is a high school student. She has no assets of her own and the sponsor sends $50 per month for her support. The beneficiary has no other close relatives. The sponsor, Ambrose Milton Smith, was born on October 28, 1905, in Jamaica, British West Indies. He was admitted to the United States at Miami, Fla., on October 14, 1946 for permanent residence and became a naturalized citizen of this country on December 9, 1958, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. On June 23, 1957, he was married in New York City to Ruby Forbes, who is a lawful permanent resident of the United States. They reside with their 1-year-old son in Brooklyn, N.Y. Mr. Smith is an automobile mechanic, earning $90 per week. His assets consist of cash savings of $2,000 and personel property valued at $2,000. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Hon. EMANUEL CELLER, OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This refers to H.R. 1646, 87th Congress, in behalf of Joan Josephine Smith, who was also the beneficiary of H.R. 6629 in the 86th Congress. The beneficiary recently moved to London, England, where she is studying nursing. Her father is defraying all of her expenses. Sincerely, J. M. SWING, Commissioner. The Acting Director of the Visa Office, Department of State, submitted the following report on this legislation: Hon. EMANUEL CELLER, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, DEAR MR. CELLER: I refer to your letter of April 30, 1959, requesting a report in the case of Joan Josephine Smith, beneficiary of H.R. 6629, 86th Congress, introduced by Mrs. Kelly on April 23, 1959. The bill would make the beneficiary the child of Ambrose Smith, a citizen of the United States, for the purposes of sections 101 (a) (27) (A) and 205 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. According to information received from the American consulate general at Kingston, Jamaica, the beneficiary was born on December 31, 1942, at Enfield, St. Mary, Jamaica. She resides at 15 Marverly Avenue, Kingston. She is single. She is presently attending Wolmer's Girls School, Kingston. She is in the fourth form which is equivalent to the senior year in high school in the United States. The beneficiary is registered as of June 4, 1959, under the nonpreference portion of the subquota for Jamaica, which is heavily oversubscribed. Consequently, an indefinite period of waiting must be anticipated before active consideration could be given to her application. Sincerely yours, ROBERT J. CAVANAUGH, Mrs. Kelly appeared before a subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary and testified in support of her bill, as follows: Mr. Chairman, Joan Josephine Smith, the beneficiary of H.R. 1646, was born out of wedlock on December 31, 1942, in Jamaica, British West Indies, and is therefore a subject of Great Britain. She is the child of Eugenie Schaffe, a British subject who died in 1944, and of Ambrose Milton Smith, who was admitted to the United States in 1946 and is an American citizen since December 1958. Ambrose Milton Smith has supported the beneficiary since birth. Ambrose Milton Smith is the sponsor for the relief of Joan Since 1944, when her mother died, the beneficiary has lived Should the committee look with favor upon this bill, it will unite a father and daughter and admit to the United States a person qualified with a useful and necessary occupation for which there is much need. I hope that the committee will take favorable action. Mrs. Kelly subsequently supplied the committee with a sworn statement from the stepmother of the beneficiary that she intends to adopt the beneficiary upon her admission to the United States. That statement is in the files of the Committee on the Judiciary. Upon consideration of all the facts in this case, the committee is of the opinion that H.R. 1646 should be enacted and accordingly recommends that the bill do pass. DR. JOSEPHINE L. GO AND DR. WELLES P. GO JUNE 27, 1961.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed Mr. WALTER, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 2115] The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2115) for the relief of Dr. Josephine L. Go and Dr. Welles P. Go, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of this bill is to grant the status of permanent residence in the United States to Dr. Josephine L. Go and Dr. Welles P. Go, The bill also provides for the payment of the required visa fees and for appropriate quota deductions. GENERAL INFORMATION The beneficiaries are husband and wife, ages 39 and 34, citizens of China, who were born in China and the Philippine Islands, respectively. They are both doctors of medicine and were admitted to the United States as exchange visitors on March 7, 1953. The male beneficiary is employed by Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Camden, N.J. The female beneficiary is no longer gainfully employed and cares for their two children, native-born citizens of the United States. The pertinent facts in this case are contained in letters from the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, dated August 25, 1958, and March 18, 1959, which read as follows: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, Washington, D.C., August 25, 1958. Hon. EMANUEL CELLER, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: In response to your request for a report relative to the bill (H.R. 13178) for the relief of Dr. Josephine L. Go and Dr. Welles P. Go, there is attached a memorandum of information concerning the beneficiaries. This memorandum has been prepared from the Immigration and Naturalization Service files relating to the beneficiaries by the Philadelphia, Pa., office of this Service, which has custody of those files. The bill would grant the beneficiaries permanent residence in the United States as of the date of its enactment upon payment of the required visa fees. It would also direct that two numbers be deducted from the appropriate immigration quota. The beneficiaries are chargeable to the quota for Chinese persons. Sincerely, J. M. SWING, Commissioner. MEMORANDUM OF INFORMATION FROM IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE FILES RE DR. JOSEPHINE L. GO AND DR. WELLES P. GO, BENEFICIARIES OF H.R. 13178 They were married on The beneficiaries are husband and wife. February 8, 1953, at Manila, the Philippines. ter, Kathryn Go, who was born in Cleveland, 1953. The beneficiaries are medical doctors and reside at 3956 Pine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Dr. Welles P. Go was born on August 13, 1922, in China and is a citizen of that country. He resided in the Philippines from 1924 to 1933 and from 1935 to 1953. His mother and three brothers reside in China. His father is deceased. This beneficiary attended the University of St. Thomas in Manila, where he received the degree of doctor of medicine and surgery on April 1, 1952. Following his entry into the United States on March 7, 1953, he served as an intern at the Lutheran Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, until July 30, 1954. He served as a resident in surgery at the Aultman Hospital, Canton, Ohio, from August 1954 to September 1956. He is presently employed as a senior resident in surgery at the Frankford Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa., at a salary of $3,600 annually. Dr. Josephine L. Go was born in Manila, the Philippines, on August 29, 1926. She became a citizen of China through her father who is a citizen of that country. Her mother is deceased. Her father, three brothers, and four sisters reside in Manila. This beneficiary attended the University of St. Thomas in Manila, where she received the degree of doctor of medicine on April 1, 1952. Following her entry into the United States on March 7, 1953, she served as an intern at the Lutheran Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, until June 1954. From 1954 to August 1956, she served as a resident physician at the University Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. She is presently employed at the Under |