Sen. J. Howard McGrath, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, today introduced a number of amendments to the Wiley Bill calling for the admission of more displaced persons as immigrants. The major change provides for the entry of 200,000 DP’s within two years rather than 100,000 as visualized in the Wiley Bill.
Other amendments offered by Sen. McGrath call for an international conference to settle DP problems, and eliminate many of the restrictions written into the bill by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Another amendment offered by McGrath would eliminate entirely a section of the bill which would prohibit the State Department from giving priorities to DP’s under other immigration orders. Still another change sought by McGrath would be to extend the date of eligibility from Dec. 22, 1945, as called for in the bill, to April 21, 1947, to cover those who were displaced after the earlier date.
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