The prediction that Congress will amend the immigration laws to permit additional refugees to enter this country on a regular quota basis, was made here this week-end at the national convention of the United Service for New Americans by Walter H. Bieringer, re-elected president of the organization. Mr. Bieringer said that “there are more homeless Jews in Europe now than can possibly come in under the rigid terms of the DP Act.”
Carlos L. Israels, USNA treasurer, reported that 1951 budget requirements for the agency total $1,580,800, as compared with $2,341,126 spent last year. Leaders of governmental and voluntary agencies engaged in resettlement activities were special guests at the opening session dinner. Edward Corsi, New York State Commissioner of Labor and chairman of the State Displaced Persons Commission, declared that “our archaic immigration policy is damaging our relations with the nations of the world.”
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