Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y., can tell you just what research work I carry out for him this year at Apeldoorn. Mr. Ellis S. Middelton, 1937 West Main Street, Stamford, Conn., also Mr. William F. Berghold, editor, the Rural New Yorker, 333 West Thirtieth Street, New York City, can give you their opinion of me as man and social worker. I am not a "runaway American" for which the Nationality Act of 1940 was largely designed, but as destiny would have it I was charged with a mission as food grower, right in my "country of birth" which I could not forsake when my time limit expired. In two more seasons I hope to have my task finished here as pioneer, and then I sail homeward again—and gladly. Most respectfully yours. HERMAN A. BENNINK. The committee, after consideration of all the facts in the case, is of the opinion that the bill (S. 1982) as amended, should be enacted and it therefore accordingly so recommends its enactment. O JUNE 16 (legislative day, JUNE 15), 1948.—Ordered to be printed Mr. WILEY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 2382] The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 2382) for the relief of Claris U. Yeadon, having considered the same, eport favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that he bill (S. 2382) do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of the bill is to authorize admission to the United States f Claris U. Yeadon, the wife of an honorably discharged member of he United States Army. STATEMENT OF FACTS The pertinent facts in this case are set forth in the letter of the Assistant to the Attorney General to the chairman of the Committee n the Judiciary of the United States Senate, dated June 7, 1948, hich letter reads as follows: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, [on. ALEXANDER WILEY, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR SENATOR: This is in response to your request for the views of this Department relative to the bill (S. 2382) for the relief of Claris U. Yeadon. The bill would permit admission to the United States of Claris U. Yeadon, the ife of an honorably discharged member of the United States Army, notwithanding the fact that she has been convicted of offenses involving moral turpitude. From the files of the Immigration and Naturalization Service it appears that e beneficiary of this bill is a citizen of Australia. She was married in 1944 at risbane, Australia, to Cecil St. Clair Yeadon, a member of the United States rmy. One child has been born of the marriage. The husband has since reurned to the United States, has been demobilized, and is presently employed in a furniture shop in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mrs. Yeadon was refused a visa by the American consul in Australia on the basis of information that she had been convicted in 1938 of two different charges of stealing. Recent investigation discloses Mr. Yeadon to be a man of good moral character. He states that 8 years ago his wife's mother was apprehended as a shoplifter. His wife was with her at the time and was charged as an accomplice. He claims that his wife paid no fine and posted no bond, but was released upon her own recognizance. He states that his wife has acted as a hostess for the American Red Cross and also worked as a sheet-metal worker for the United States Army at an airfield in Australia. Whether the bill should be enacted presents a question of legislative policy concerning which this Department prefers not to make any recommendation. Yours sincerely. PEYTON FORD, The Assistant to the Attorney General. The committee, after consideration of all the facts in the case, is of the opinion that the bill (S. 2382) should be enacted, and it therefore accordingly so recommends its enactment. O 80TH CONGRESS 2d Session SENATE REPORT {No. 1720 CONFERRING UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP JUNE 16 (legislative day, JUNE 15), 1948.-Ordered to be printed Mr. WILEY, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 2662] The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 2662) conferring United States citizenship posthumously upon Vaso B. Benderach, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill (S. 2662) do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of the bill is to confer United States citizenship posthumously upon Vaso B. Benderach, a Yugoslav flier, who served honorably with the Fifteenth Air Force of the United States, and who lie on May 7, 1948, while a patient at Fitzsimons, General Hospital, Colo. STATEMENT OF FACTS The pertinent facts in this case are set forth in the letter of the assistant to the Attorney General to the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, dated June 7, 1948, which letter reads as ollows: DEPARTMENT of Justice, Hon. ALEXANDER WILEY, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR SENATOR: This is in response to your request for the views of this Department relative to the bill (S. 2662) conferring United States citizenship posthumously upon Vaso B. Benderach. The bill would provide that Vaso B. Benderach, a Yugoslav flier who served onorably with the Fifteenth Air Force of the United States, and who died on May 7, 1948, while a patient at Fitzsimons General Hospital, Colo., shall be onsidered to have been a citizen of the United States at the time of his death. |