law is prohibited from returning to the United States until after the expiration of 1 year from the date of his deportation and may apply for admission after the expiration of 1 year only if granted permission to do so by the Attorney General, since his continued absence from his wife and two American-born children is causing them great hardship. Their entire support is coming from the Albany County Welfare Department, Albany County, N. Y.

If George S. Jensen is permitted to return to the United States before the termination of the mandatory waiting period of 1 year he will be able to again take up his employment as a baker's assistant at the National Biscuit Co. plant at Albany, N. Y. He had held this position from September 10, 1947, until October 11, 1948, and his former employer has indicated that his work was very satisfactory, and that he was a steady, industrious worker who was honest and trustworthy.

Since his return to Denmark George Jensen has been advised by the Danish Government that he is subject to induction into the Danish Navy, and he was to have reported for duty in May of this year. He was granted a deferment by the Danish Government pending the outcome of this bill for his relief, and if he is not permitted to make application to our consul for reentry into the United States before January 1, 1950, he will be forced to enter the Danish Navy, and the period of hardship to his family will be extended until such time as he has completed his compulsory military service.

During the 2 years that George Seeman Jensen lived and worked in the city of Albany, N. Y., his neighbors and friends knew him as a sober and steady worker who was justly proud of his wife and daughter. (His second child was born just a few days after he was deported.) Within his means he always attempted to supply his family with the necessities of life and also such luxuries as they could afford.

He has been unable, since his return to Denmark, to find regular employment which would permit him to continue to support his little family, and as a result the county of Albany must provide for them until such time as he can return and once more take up his responsibility

Because of the loyal service that this man rendered the United States during the war years as a member of the merchant marine, and the fact that his Americanborn wife and two children are being caused to suffer unnecessary hardship during his exclusion from this country, it is believed that the enactment of this measure is warranted since, from the petitions submitted by his friends and neighbors in Albany, N. Y., it is apparent that he will not only be able to provide for his fine family but will also become a fine and loyal citizen of the United States.

After having considered the merits of H. R. 3718, the committee is of the opinion that the bill should be enacted and it, therefore, accordingly recommends that the bill do pass.

ZORA B. VULICH

JUNE 30, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed

Mr. CHELF, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the

following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 4306)

The Committee on the Judiciary to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 4306) for the relief of Zora B. Vulich, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.

The amendment is as follows:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following:

That for the purposes of the immigration and naturalization laws, Mrs. Zora B. Vulich, the widow of Captain Borivoje Vulich who was killed in action on August 22, 1945, while serving with the United States Army Air Force, who would be entitled to nonquota immigration status but for the death of her husband, shall, if otherwise found admissible to the United States, be deemed to be a nonquota immigrant.

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of the bill is to facilitate the admission into the United States of a native and citizen of Yugoslavia, the widow of a Yugolav flyer killed in action while serving with the Fifteenth Air Force in the European theater of operations.

The purpose of the amendment is to avoid the issuance of immigration visas by legislative enactment.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The pertinent facts in this case are set forth in a letter from the Assistant to the Attorney General, dated June 22, 1948, to the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary in the Eightieth Congress relating to H. R. 5700, a private bill introduced in the Eightieth

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Congress, for the relief of the same individual, by former Representative Busbey. The said letter reads as follows:

Hon. EARL C. MICHENER,

Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary,

House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.

JUNE 22, 1948.

MY DEAR SENATOR: This is in response to your request for the views of this Department relative to the bill (H. R. 5700) for the relief of Zora B. Vulich. The bill would direct the Secretary of State and the Attorney General to issue one nonquota immigration visa to Zora B. Vulich provided she is eligible for immigration under the existing laws other than quota limitations.

The files of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of this Department disclose that the alien is a native and citizen of Yugoslavia who is presently resid ing in Rome, Italy, and who wishes to enter the United States for permanent residence. The quota of the alien's nationality is oversubscribed and a visa is not readily obtainable. In the absence of special legislation in her behalf she will be unable to enter the United States for permanent residence for several years. Mr. Boris Grdjich, an uncle of the alien, who is a legally resident alien, states that the alien's husband, Boris Vulich, was a captain in the United States Air Force and that he was killed in Yugoslavia while returning from a bombing mission. It is noted that the bill recites the fact that the alien is the widow of Capt. Borivoje Vulich who was killed in action on August 22, 1945, while serving with the United States Army Air Forces. The alien's uncle also states that the alien's family are well known as Nationalists and Democrats and that the Communists have killed the alien's three brothers and sentenced her 70-year-old father to hard labor.

The record discloses that the alien is supported by funds left to her by her deceased husband, who was granted the Air Medal and two Oak Leaf Clusters for meritorious service while participating in sustained operational duties in combat with the enemy and that he performed 47 war missions over enemy territory.

For purposes of clarification only it is recommended that the bill be amended to read as follows:

"That notwithstanding the quota limitations now provided by law, a quots immigration visa may be issued to Zora B. Vulich, the widow of Capt. Borivoje Vulich who was killed in action on August 22, 1945, while serving with the United States Army Air Forces, provided she is otherwise admissible under the immigra tion laws.

"SEC. 2. Upon the issuance of the visa, the Secretary of State shall direct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the first available quota for Yugoslavia."

The Department of Justice finds no objection to the enactment of the bill Yours sincerely,

PEYTON FORD,
The Assistant to the Attorney General.

Captain Borivoje Vulich was a member of a larger group of Yugoslav flyers who fought in the European theater of operations with the Fifteenth Air Force. Several of the Yugoslav fliers were killed in action and Captain Vulich was one of them. In the Eightieth Congress a private law was enacted making the surviving members of this Yugoslav group immediately eligible for United States citizenship and they were subsequently naturalized by the proper courts. doubtedly, Captain Vulich would have been so naturalized if he had survived the war, thus conferring nonquota immigration status upon his spouse.

Mr. Marshall, the author of the bill, and Mr. Constantine Fotich, former Royal Yugoslav Ambassador to the United States Government, appeared before a subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary

and urged the enactment of the measure, submitting to the committee additional information to the effect that Mrs. Vulich, who lost three of her brothers killed in action during the recent war, has escaped from Communist-dominated Yugoslavia where her 75-year-old father was put into a concentration camp by the present Yugoslav regime. It has also been developed at the hearing that Captain Vulich left all his funds in this country so as to make them available for his wife if she should succeed in obtaining admission into the United States.

After consideration of all the facts in this case, the committee is of the opinion that H. R. 4306 should be enacted and it accordingly recommends that the bill do pass.