TEMPORARY APPROPRIATIONS JUNE 29, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. CANNON, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. J. Res. 284] The Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred House Joint Resolution 284, making temporary appropriations for the fiscal year 1950, and for other purposes, reports the same to the House without amendment and with the recommendation that the joint resolution be passed. Inasmuch as several appropriation bills are still pending legislative consideration, it is deemed necessary to recommend the enactment of the accompanying joint resolution in order that pay rolls and certain other Government obligations may be met promptly. All expenditures made under the provisions of the accompanying joint resolution will be deducted from the appropriations eventually made. O MRS. SONIA KAYE JOHNSTON JUNE 29, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordored to be printed Mr. FELLOWS, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 230] The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 230) for the relief of Mrs. Sonia Kaye Johnston, 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 remove the racial barriers to admission into the United States for the wife of a veteran of World War II and to grant her the status of a nonquota immigrant, which is the status normally enjoyed by the alien wife of a citizen of the United States. GENERAL INFORMATION The pertinent facts in the case are set forth in the below-quoted letter, dated May 10, 1949, addressed to the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, from the Assistant to the Attorney General: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Hon. PAT MCCARRAN, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: This is in response to your request for the views of the Department of Justice with respect to the bill (S. 230) for the relief of Mrs. Sonia Kaye Johnston, an alien. The bill would provide that notwithstanding the provisions of law excluding persons of races ineligible to citizenship from admission to the United States, Mrs. Sonia Kaye Johnston, who is the wife of Thomas F. Johnston, a United States citizen-soldier who served honorably in the armed forces of the United States, may be admitted to the United States for permanent residence pe meeting the requirements of Public Law No. 271, approved December 28, 194: the so-called Soldier Brides' Act. The records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service disclose that the alien was born on March 22, 1921, in London, England, of a Japanese father and an English mother, and given the name of Sonia Kusakabe. When aber 2 years of age she accompanied her parents to Shanghai, China, where her father took up his duties as submanager of the Bank of Taiwan. The father died 1930, when the alien was about 9 years of age. In 1936 the family name w changed by court order from Kusakabe to Kaye. From 1938 to 1939 M Johnston was employed as a secretary for Samuel Osborne & Co. Ltd. and from 1939 to 1941 as secretary for the Shanghai Ice & Cold Storage Co Ltd., both concerns being located in Shanghai. On March 11, 1943, she, be mother, brother, and grandmother were interned by the Japanese and were released until September 1, 1945. After release from internment she worked a private secretary for officers of the United States Army and later resumed prior employment with the Shanghi Ice & Cold Storage Co. for a short tim In May of 1946 she and her family were repatriated to England. She reside with her mother and brothers in Wimbledon Park, London. On July 9, 1946, the alien married Thomas F. Johnston, a native-born citas of the United States, who was then serving as a communication officer for a Unite States Military Intelligence unit based in England. There are no children of th marriage. The husband was born in Clinton, Mass., on December 3, 1909. E was graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, with a bachelor d science degree in 1932. He served honorably in the United States Army fro September 11, 1942, until May 3, 1946, and upon discharge held the rank of fr lieutenant. He is currently employed as a radio maintenance technician wit the Civil Aeronautics Authority at Lagens, Azores. The bill proposes to make the alien admissible to the United States upc meeting the requirements of the so-called Soldiers Brides' Act (59 Stat. 659. Under its provisions application for admission to the United States had to e filed prior to December 28, 1948. Since it is impossible for the alien to meet the requirement, it would seem that the proposed legislation, if enacted, would no accomplish its apparent objective. 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 committee is favorably inclined however, it is suggested that the bill be amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting the following: "That in the administration of the immigration and naturalization laws the provision of section 13 (c) of the Immigration Act of 1924, as amended, which exclude from admission to the United States persons who are ineligible to citizenship, shall not hereafter apply to Mrs. Sonia Kaye Johnston, a native of England and citizen of Japan, now residing in London, England, wife of Thomas E Johnston, citizen of the United States, veteran of World War II, and that if otherwise admissible under the immigration laws she shall be granted admission to the United States for permanent residence upon application hereafter filed." Yours sincerely, PEYTON FORd, The Assistant to the Attorney General. Having considered all the merits of this case, the committee are of the opinion that S. 230 should be enacted, and they accordingly recommend its enactment. TOSHIE OKUTOMI JUNE 29, 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 S. 980) The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (S. 980) for the relief of Toshie Okutomi, 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 enable the Japanese fiancée of a citizen of the United States and an honorably discharged veteran of World War II, to gain admission into the United States in order to marry said citizen of the United States and to thereafter reside in the United States. GENERAL INFORMATION The pertinent facts in this case are set forth in the below-quoted letter dated April 20, 1949, addressed to the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, from the Acting the Assistant to the Attorney General: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, Hon. PAT MCCARRAN, United States Senate, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR SENATOR: This is in response to your request for the views of the Department of Justice relative to the bill (S. 980) for the relief of Toshie Okutomi The bill would direct the Attorney General to permit Toshie Okutomi to enter the United States for permanent residence notwithstanding the provisions of the immigration and naturalization laws. It also seeks to accord her the benefits and privileges conferred by the act of December 28, 1945, as amended (8 U. S. C. 232 et seq., 8 U. S. C. supp. 1, sec. 237), an act to expedite the admission to the United States of spouses and alien minor children of citizen members of the |