Permitting Admission of 400,000 Displaced Persons Into the United States: Hearings Before Subcommittee on Immigration and Naturalization of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 2910, a Bill to Authorize the United States During an Emergency Period to Undertake Its Fair Share in the Resettlement of Displaced Persons in Germany, Austria, and Italy ... June 4, 6, 13, 20, 25, 27, and July 2, 9, 16, 18, 1947Considers (80) H.R. 3620, (80) H.R. 2910. |
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... Period to Undertake Its F United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1. LIBRARY L LIBRARY OF CONGRES 2 D 2 BRARY OF CONGRESS LIBRARY OF CONGR ONO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRE THE LIBRARY OF CONGRE HHE LIBRARY ...
... Period to Undertake Its F United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1. LIBRARY L LIBRARY OF CONGRES 2 D 2 BRARY OF CONGRESS LIBRARY OF CONGR ONO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRE THE LIBRARY OF CONGRE HHE LIBRARY ...
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... period to undertake its fair share in the resettlement of displaced persons in Germany , Austria , and Italy ... periods . PRIORITY TO RELATIVES OF AMERICAN CITIZENS AND WAR VETERANS SEC . 3. Priority under this Act shall be given to the ...
... period to undertake its fair share in the resettlement of displaced persons in Germany , Austria , and Italy ... periods . PRIORITY TO RELATIVES OF AMERICAN CITIZENS AND WAR VETERANS SEC . 3. Priority under this Act shall be given to the ...
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... Period to Undertake Its F United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1. AUTHORITY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS SEC . 4. The Secretary of State and the Attorney General shall have authority to prescribe ...
... Period to Undertake Its F United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1. AUTHORITY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS SEC . 4. The Secretary of State and the Attorney General shall have authority to prescribe ...
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... Period to Undertake Its F United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1. insert at that point a table showing quotas used during the past sev- eral years , since 1930 . Mr. FELLOWS . Without objection ...
... Period to Undertake Its F United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1. insert at that point a table showing quotas used during the past sev- eral years , since 1930 . Mr. FELLOWS . Without objection ...
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... Period to Undertake Its F United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1. Mr. STRATTON . No ; not if they voluntarily go back ; but the point I have made is that what we have remaining here is , as I said ...
... Period to Undertake Its F United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee No. 1. Mr. STRATTON . No ; not if they voluntarily go back ; but the point I have made is that what we have remaining here is , as I said ...
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Page 584 - four essential human freedoms" for which America stands. In the years since then, those four freedoms — freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear — have stood as a summary of our aspirations for the American Republic and for the world.