The bill would authorize and direct the Secretary of State to cause an immigra tion visa to be issued to Agnes Tarjani, of Cinkota, Hungary, the adopted child of Mr. and Mrs. Janka Ziegler, of 3022 North Cicero Avenue, Chicago, Ill., permitting her immediate entry into the United States for permanent residence. The bill would also direct the Secretary of State to instruct the quota-control officer to deduct one number from the appropriate quota.

The records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of this Department disclose that the beneficiary of the bill was born in Hungary on September 19, 1944. Her mother died 1 month after the child's birth, and the father has remarried and renounced all claim to her. The child is now living with her grandmother, who because of her age is unable to properly care for her. Mrs. Janka Ziegler, a sister of the child's mother, and her husband, who reside in Chicago, Ill., adopted the child while visiting in Hungary last year. They also have a decree of adoption issued by the Circuit Court of Cook County, Ill., on January 31, 1949. Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler are naturalized citizens of this country. They have no children of their own and are able and willing to take care of the child if she is permitted to enter this country. They are the owners of a commercial building and an apartment building in Chicago valued at about $80,000, and operate their own pastry shop. They have already prepared their wills making the alien their sole beneficiary.

Whether the alien should be granted a preference through special legislation presents a question of legislative policy concerning which this Department prefers not to make any recommendation. If the bill is to receive favorable consideration, however, it is suggested that it be amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"That, notwithstanding the quota limitations now provided by law, a quota immigration visa may be issued to Agnes Tarjani, a Hungarian national residing in Cinkota, Hungary (a child by adoption of Dezidir and Janka Ziegler, Chicago, Illinois, citizens of the United States) upon application therefor, provided she is otherwise admissible to the United States under the immigration laws.

"SEC. 2. Upon the issuance of a visa to Agnes Tarjani, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the nonpreference category of the first available immigration quota for nationals of Hungary.' Yours sincerely.

PEYTON FORD,

The Assistant to the Attorney General.

Mr. Chesney, the author of the bill, and Mrs. Ziegler, the adopting mother of the child, appeared before a subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary and submitted additional information, testifying that:

Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler, of 3022 North Cicero Avenue, Chicago, Ill., the adoptive parents, went to Hungary last year and adopted the child pursuant to the Hungarian law, and an adoption decree was entered by the Orphans Court in Budapest on July 27, 1948. A similar decree was entered by Judge Harry M. Fisher of the Circuit Court of Cook County on January 31, 1949. Agnes Tarjani's mother (a sister of Mrs. Ziegler) died at childbirth. Her father remarried, and the child now resides with Mrs. Ziegler's mother at Cinkota, Hungary.

Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler have no children of their own and are very anxious to provide their adopted child with the affection and care every child should have. They are financially responsible and are able to give this child the necessary comforts and a good education.

The committee, after having considered all the facts in this case, are of the opinion that the bill (H. R. 4040), as amended, should be enacted.

AMENDING THE ACT OF JUNE 30, 1949, WHICH INCREASED THE COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, SO AS TO CLARIFY THE PROVISIONS RELATING TO RETIRED POLICEMEN AND FIREMEN

JULY 20, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. MCMILLAN of South Carolina, from the Committee on the District of Columbia, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. J. Res. 3021

The Committee on the District of Columbia, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. J. Res. 302) to amend the act of June 30, 1949, which increased the compensation of certain employees of the District of Columbia, so as to clarify the provisions relating to retired policemen and firemen, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the joint resolution do pass. The purpose of this resolution is to amend Public Law 151 (Ĥ. R. 3088) which would increase the compensation of certain employees of the District of Columbia, so as to clarify the provision relating to retired policemen and firemen.

This resolution would provide specific authority for the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to pay the retired members of the Metropolitan Police, United States Park Police, the White House Police, and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia retroactively to June 30, 1948. It would also provide authority for the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to pay this group of retired employees without the necessity of these employees making requests that these funds be made available to them.

Under a decision of the Comptroller General of May 4, 1949, the Commissioners would not have authority to pay this group of employees unless application were actually made for the payment of these funds and at the time this committee considered the original salary increase bill (H. R. 3088), it was the intention of the committee that all groups of employees should receive this additional compensation without the necessity of having to make application to any

source for this money. legislation.

This intent would be carried out by this

CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW

In compliance with paragraph 2a of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as introduced, are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italics, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman):

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the annual basic salary of each officer and member of the Metropolitan Police, the United States Park Police, the White House Police, and of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia, as increased by the Act entitled "An Act to provide for an adjustment of salaries of the Metropolitan Police, the United States Park Police, the White House Police, and the members of the Fire Department of the District of Columbia", approved July 14, 1945, as amended, shall be further increased by $330, plus 8 per centum of such $330 as additional compensation in lieu of overtime pay and night pay differential: Provided, however, That no such officer or member shall by reason of the enactment of this Act, be paid with respect to any pay period, basic salary, or basic salary plus additional compensation, at a rate in excess of $10,330 per annum. This section shall take effect as of the first day of the first pay period which began after June 30, 1948.

SEC. 2. The first section of the Act entitled "An Act to fix the salaries of officers and members of the Metropolitan Police Force and the Fire Department of the District of Columbia", approved July 1, 1930 (D. C. Code, title 4, section 108), is amended by inserting after the phrase "sergeants, $2,750 each;" the following: "corporals, $2,600 each". This section shall take effect as of July 1, 1945.

SEC. 3. (a) Each employee of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia whose salary is fixed and regulated by the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1947, except the Superintendent of schools, shall receive, in addition to the compensation already provided by such Act, compensation at the rate of $330 per

annum.

(b) The basic and maximum salaries for all salary classes in title I of the District of Columbia Teachers' Salary Act of 1947, except class 29, are hereby increased $330, respectively.

(c) This section shall take effect as of the first day of the first pay period which began after June 30, 1948.

SEC. 4. Authority is hereby granted to the Commissioners and to other wage fixing authorities of the municipal government of the District of Columbia, in their discretion, to grant, retroactive to the first day of the first pay period which began after June 30, 1948, additional compensation at rates not to exceed $330 per annum to each employee in or under the municipal government of the District of Columbia whose compensation is fixed and adjusted from time to time by a wage board, or whose compensation is fixed without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, or whose compensation is limited or fixed specifically by the provisions of the District of Columbia Appropriation Act, 1949: Provided, That the authority granted by this section shall expire ninetv davs after the enactment of this Act

SEC. 5. [No additional compensation shall be payable by reason of the enactment of this Act for any period prior to the date of enactment hereof in the case of any person who is not an employee in or under the municipal government of the District of Columbia on such date of enactment, except that such additional compensation shall be paid a retired employee for services rendered between the first day of the first pay period which began after June 30. 1948, and the date of his retirement.] No additional compensation shall be payable by reason of the enactment of this act for any period prior to June 30, 1949, in the case of any person who was not an employee in or under the municipal government of the District of Columbia on June 30, 1949, except that (1) such additional compensation shall be paid to a retired employee for services rendered between the first day of the first pay period which began after June 30, 1948, and the date of his retirement, and (2) a retired officer or member of the Metropolitan Police, the United States Park Police, the White House Police, or the Fire Department of the District of Columbia who is

entitled to retirement compensation from the policemen's and firemen's relief fund shall be entitled, without application therefore, as of July 1, 1948, or the day on which he became entitled to such compensation, whichever is later, to the pension benefit resulting from the increase in pay made by the first section. No person whose salary or compensation is increased by this Act shall be entitled to additional compensation for overtime, night, or holiday work, as provided in sections 201, 203, 301, and 302 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, as amended, or as provided in section 23 of the Act approved March 28, 1934, as amended (sec. 673c, United States Code), based on the additional compensation provided by this Act for any pay period ending prior to the date of enactment of this Act.