the Secretary of Agriculture, the Chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the Governor of the Virgin Islands, and three experienced businessmen to be appointed by the President to serve for terms of 6 years.

The House bill (sec. 9) provided that the President of the Board should be elected by the Board from among its members. The conference agreement removes the requirement that the President be selected from the membership of the Board.

The Senate receded from its amendment to the title of the bill. J. HARDIN PETERSON, MONROE M. REDDEN, RICHARD J. WELCH, FRED L. Crawford,

Managers on the Part of the House.

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EDMEA PACHO

JUNE 22, 1949.-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. 1028]

The Committee on the Judiciary to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 1028) to legalize the admission into the United States of Edmea Pacho, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of the bill is to grant the privilege of permanent residence in the United States to a 24-year-old native and citizen of Italy, the sister of Mrs. Lawrence W. Smythe, who is married to Commander Lawrence W. Smythe, U. S. Navy.

GENERAL INFORMATION

The facts in this case are set forth in a letter from the Assistant to the Attorney General to the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, dated June 1, 1949, which letter reads as follows:

Hon. EMANUEL CELLER,

Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary,

House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.

JUNE 1, 1949.

MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This is in response to your request for the views of the Department of Justice relative to the bill (H. R. 1028) to legalize the admission into the United States of Edmea Pacho.

The bill would direct the Attorney General to record the entry into the United States of Edmea Pacho on November 5, 1947, as a lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence. It would also provide that the immigration quota for Italy be reduced by one number for the first year that such quota may be available.

It appears from the files of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that the beneficiary of this bill was born in Rome, Italy, on February 3, 1925. On October 21, 1947, this young lady secured a nonimmigrant visa, No. 125, from the American consul at Nice, France. She arrived at the port of New York November 5, 1947, and was admitted as a temporary visitor under section 3 (2) of the Immigration Act of 1924 for a 6-month visit with her sister, Mrs. Wanda Smythe, then residing in Norfolk, Va., butw ho is presently living at 619 Poplar Drive, Falls Church, Va. The alien's transportation and expenses were furnished by her sister. It was stated that Mrs. Smythe was an expectant mother and wished to have her here to assist in the care of the baby. It appears that the sister has been ill since the birth of the baby and that Edmea Pacho is doing general housework and taking care of the baby for her sister. Commander Smythe, of the United States Navy, and his wife want her to remain with them, since they are financially able to give her the protection of a good home. She is paid no salary but is furnished room and board and is given spending money.

The Italian quota to which the beneficiary of this bill would be charged is oversubscribed for several years and an immigration visa may not be readily obtained. There appear to be no circumstances disclosed, however, which would justify granting the beneficiary of this bill a preference over the many other aliens who are patiently awaiting their turn for immigration visas to the United States. Accordingly, the Department of Justice is unable to recommend the enactment of this bill.

Yours sincerely,

PEYTON FORD,

The Assistant to the Attorney General.

Mr. Crook, the author of the bill, and Commander Smythe, the brother-in-law of the beneficiary, appeared before a subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary and urged the enactment of the measure. It has been developed at the hearing that Miss Pacho's continued presence at Commander and Mrs. Smythe's home is necessitated by the fact that Mrs. Smythe, after an unsuccessful operation connected with childbirth, is partially incapacitated and unable to take care of the infant. Commander Smythe, former executive officer of the U. S. S. Mississippi, has submitted medical certificates and other documents testifying to his family situation and to his financial ability to provide that the alien shall not become a public charge. Having considered the merits of this case, and particularly the meritorious services rendered this country by Commander Smythe, the committee recommends that the bill (H. Ř. 1028) do pass.

WILLIAM RICHARD GEOFFREY MALPAS

JUNE 22, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed

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

following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 10381

The Committee on the Judiciary to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 1038) for the relief of William Richard Geoffrey Malpas, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.

The amendment is as follows:

On line 10 add the following:

Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the quota for Great Britain.

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The purpose of the bill is to grant the privilege of permanent residence in the United States to a native and citizen of Great Britain. age 36, by waiving one reason for exclusion based on the alien's health

GENERAL INFORMATION

The pertinent facts in this case are set forth in a letter from the Assistant to the Attorney General, to the chairman of the committee, dated May 17, 1949, which letter reads as follows:

Hon. EMANUEL CELLER,

Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary,

House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.

MAY 17, 1949.

MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This is in response to your request for the views of the Department of Justice relative to the bill (H. R. 1038) for the relief of William Richard Geoffrey Malpas.

The bill would authorize and direct the Attorney General to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of William Richard Geoffrey Malpas as of May 2, 1945, the date on which he was admitted to the United States.