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AMERICAN
JEWISH
DISTRIBUTION
COMMITTEE,
Inc.
270 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK 16, N.Y.
EDWAPD M. M. WARBURG. ChaUmm
PAUL BAEPWALD. Honors'/ Chairman
JAMES N . ROSENBEPG, Honorary Choiri-on
MPS. FELIX M. WARBURG. Honorary Chairman
MAUPICE BEPNON, Choirmon, Nolionol Council
Vlcn-Chairmtn. National Council
LESTEP D. ALEXANDER MAX FIPESTEIN
GEOPGE ALPEPT
MOPITZ M. GOTTLIEB
WILLIAM P. ENGEL
I. S. JOSEPH
A. I. LACK
MOSES A. IEAVITT, Executive Vice-Choirmon
and Secretory
vSce-Cnofrmen
JAMES H. BECKER
I. EDWIN GOLDWASSEP
JOSEPH C. HYMAN
ALEXANDER KAHN
HERBERT H. LEHMAN
I. EDWIN GOLDWASSER, Tr.oiurer
HAROLD f. UNDER
WILLIAM ROSENWALD
WILLIAM J, SHRODEP
M. C. SIOSS
JONAH B. WISE
PAUL BAEPWALD.
Tnmmr
EVELYN M. MORPISSEY, Anliloot Traowrar
ALEX A. LANDESCO, ConpfroJt.r
BENJAMIN B. GOLDMAN, Assistant S«cr.ror»
BORIS M. JOFFE, Assistant Secretory
Europeon Executive Council
BEPNHAPD KAHN
Honorary Chairman
ISIDOR COONS, Director of Fund (colling
JOSEPH J. SCHWARTZ
Chairman
HARRY M. ROSEN. Director ol
Commmliy Service and IMormoHem
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T h . Joint Diitribulion Commilt.. receives Its fund* In t h . United States through t h . United J.wish Appeal. Outside
of t h . United Stales, t h . Joint Distribution Commilt.. has t h . octiv. cooperation of the South African Jewish Appeal;
United J.wish Relief Agencies, Canada; Central British Fund, Organijocion Central d . Ayuda. Argentina; Cornil.i Auxiliar
do Join). Brazil; United J.wish Overseas Relief Funds. Australia! Joint Relief Coomillee, Mexico; and olh.rs.
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Pa^e 3 , l i n e 1 8 , substitute "subsection" -nd a f t e r " ( f ) " add
" ( g ) " ; substitute "are" f o r " i s " .
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Page 4 , a f t e r l i n e 1 9 , add t h e f o l l o w i n g .
"(g) " S l l g i b l e d i s p l a c e d Person' s h a l l a l s o mean a displaced person or refugee
as defined in annex I (except paragraph 1 (b) of s e c t i o n A of oart I t h e r e o f ) t o
the c o n s t i t u t i o n of the I n t e r n a t i o n a l Refugee Organization who on or a f t e r January 1 ,
1938, entered t h e c i t y of Shanghai, China, as a dlsplaoed person or r e f u g e e , and (1)
who was r e s i d i n g i n such c i t y , as a d i s p l a c e d person or refugee on July 1 , 1942, and
(2) who i s q u a l i f i e d under the immigration laws of the United s t a t e s f o r admission
Into t h e Unite'! S t a t e s f o r permanent r e s i d e n c e , and (3) for whom assurances in accordance with the r e g u l a t i o n s of the Commission have been given t h a t such person, i f admitted i n t o the United S t a t e s , and the members of such p e r s o n ' s family who shall
accompany such person and who propose t o l i v e with such person, s h a l l not become
p u b l i c charges, and rnich assurances s h a l l be s u f f i c i e n t for the purposes of a l l
iraml-ration laws of the United S t a t e s , ?he spouse and unmarried dependent c h i l d or
c h i l d r e n under twenty-one vears of age of such an e l i g i b l e displaced person s h a l l ,
i f otherwise q u a l i f i e d for admission i n t o the United S t a t e s for permanent r e s i d e n c e ,
a l s o be deemed e l i g i b l e displaced p e r s o n s . "
On page 5, l i n e 1 3 , s u b s t i t u t e a oomna for the period a f t e r the word "Act" and
i n s e r t the f o l l o w i n g : "ani not more than 7 / 0 0 v i s a s s h a l l be issued t o e l i g i b l e
d l s p l a o e d persons as defined In s u b s e c t i o n (g) of Section 2 of t h i s Act."
Amendment No. 2
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Pa-e 9, line 6, insert the word "hereby" after the word "is"; substitute a period
for the' co—,a ai It appears after the word "repealed"; strike out the balance of line
3 and the lan-^uage appearing on lines 7 through 14 inclusive.
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Page 1 0 , a f t e r l i n e 2 1 , add t h e f o l l o w i n g .
" S e c . 1 2 . A a e o t i o n i s added to the Dlsplaoed Persons Act of 1948, t o be numbered
s e c t i o n 1 4 , and t o read as f o l l o w s i
"Sec.14. Mot i n e x c e s s of f i f t e e n thousani v i s a s Issued pursuant t o t) i s \ o t
s h a l l be made a v a i l a b l e t o a o o l i o a n t s for iumigration v i s a s who ( l ) on or a f t e r
September 1 , 19^9, and before January 1 , 1949, entered an area or country o u t s i d e I t a l y ,
the American s e c t o r , t h e S r i t l s h s e c t o r , or the French s e c t o r of e i t h e r d e r l i n or Vienna,
or the American zone, the B r i t i s h . o n e , or the French .one of e i t h e r ^rmany or Austria;
(2) e s t a b l i s l t h a t thev are persons predominantly of European n a t i o n a l o r i g i n displaced
from the country of t h e i r b i r t h , or n a t i o n a l i t y , or of their l a s t r e s i d e n c e , as a r e s u l t of e v e n t s subsequent t o the outbreak of World War I I ; (3) t h a t they cannot return
t o anv of such c o u n t r i e s because of persecution or f e a r of persecution on account of
r a c e , r e l i g i o n or o o l i t i o a l o p i n i o n s ; and (4) V a t they have not acquired the r i g h t of
permanent residence in anv other country. The spouse and the unmarried dependent c h i l d
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A»er>dments to H . l . 1344
3ubsjltted by *r. Celler
or children -mier twenty-one year3 of age of anv p-rson v,*o e s t a b l i s h e s h i i e l l g i b l l l t y for immigration i n t o the ,'nlted s t a t e s under th*1 provisions of t h i s eeotlon,
s h a l l a l s o be granted such e l i g i b i l i t y ! Provided, t ^ a t a-surances in accordance
with e x l o t i n g imni.-'T-r^ion laws and r e g u l a t i o n s have given t h a t such persons, i f
admitted i n t o t h e United . t a t e s , s h a l l not income public c h a r g e s . "
"Sec. 1 3 . "ection 14 of the Oirrplacel /Arsons Act of 1948 i s hereby r e numbered to s e o t ' o n 1 5 . "