IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 173, H. R. 1584, H. R. 1624 H. R. 1746 BILLS TO GRANT A QUOTA TO EASTERN FOR NATURALIZATION 71330 MARCH 7, 8, 13, 14, 1945 Printed for the use of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1945 Henry Tudor Mason, All Nations Association_ 77 Hon. Emanuel Celler, of New York... Sirdar J. J. Singh, India League of America_. Richard W. Flournoy, Jr., office of Secretary of State- Hon. Adam C. Powell, Jr., of New York.. III TO GRANT A QUOTA TO EASTERN HEMISPHERE INDIANS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1945 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION, Washington, D. C. The committee convened at 10 a. m., the Honorable Samuel Dickstein (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. This hearing is called on H. R. 173, the Celler bill; H. R. 1584, the Luce bill, a similar bill; and H. R. 2256, the Dirksen bill, which is also a similar bill. In view of the fact that Congressman Celler was the author of the first-named bill, I will call him as the first witness. Mr. Celler. (The bills referred to follow:) [H. R. 173, 79th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To authorize the naturalization and the admission into the United States under a quota of Eastern Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of SEC. 2. With the exception of those coming under subsections (b), (d), (e), and (f) of section 4, Immigration Act of 1924 (43 Stat. 155; 144 Stat. 812; 45 Stat. 1009; 46 Stat. 854; 47 Stat. 656; 8 U. S. C. 204), all Eastern Hemisphere Indians of India or persons descended from Eastern Hemisphere Indians of India entering the United States annually as immigrants shall be allocated to the quota for Eastern Hemisphere Indians of India computed under the provisions of section 11 of the said Act. A preference up to 75 per centum of the quota shall be given to Indians born and resident in India or its dependencies. SEC. 3. For the purposes of this Act, the term "Eastern Hemisphere Indian of India" shall mean a person who is as much as one-half of the Eastern Hemisphere Indian of India race and not as much as one-half of a race ineligible to citizenship. [H. R. 1584, 79th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To authorize the naturalization and the admission into the United States under a quota of Eastern Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of |