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ENEMY PROPERTY COMMISSION

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

DARO DIVISIO:3

FIRST SESSION

ON
H. R. 873 and H. R. 1823
BILLS TO CREATE AN ENEMY PROPERTY COMMISSION, TO
PROVIDE FOR THE DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN ENEMY
PROPERTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AND

H. R. 1000
A BILL CREATING A COMMISSION TO EXAMINE AND RENDER
FINAL DECISIONS ON ALL CLAIMS BY AMERICAN NATIONALS
WHO WERE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
UNITED STATES AND WHO WERE PRISONERS OF WAR IN
GERMANY, ITALY, OR JAPAN, FOR PAYMENT OF ITS
AWARDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AND

H. R. 2823
A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR A COMMISSION TO ADJUDICATE
CLAIMS OF AMERICAN NATIONALS WHO WERE PRISONERS
OF WAR OF JAPAN, FOR PAYMENT OF ITS AWARDS,

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

MARCH 20, 21, AND APRIL 21, 1947

Printed for the use of the
Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

BEFORE THE

HEARINGS
4.5, congreso.house

COMMITTEE ON
INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 873 and H. R. 1823
BILLS TO CREATE AN ENEMY PROPERTY COMMISSION, TO
PROVIDE FOR THE DISPOSAL OF CERTAIN ENEMY
PROPERTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AND,

H. R. 1000
A BILL CREATING A COMMISSION TO EXAMINE AND RENDER
FINAL DECISIONS ON ALL CLAIMS BY AMERICAN NATIONALS
WHO WERE MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
UNITED STATES AND WHO WERE PRISONERS OF WAR OF
GERMANY, ITALY, OR JAPAN, FOR PAYMENT OF ITS
AWARDS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

AND

· H. R. 2823
A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR A COMMISSION TO ADJUDICATE
CLAIMS OF AMERICAN NATIONALS WHO WERE PRISONERS
OF WAR OF JAPAN, FOR PAYMENT OF ITS AWARDS,

AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

MARCH 20, 21, AND APRIL 21, 1947

Printed for the use of the
Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 1947

60002

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1947

COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

CHARLES A. WOLVERTON, New Jersey, Chairman CARL HINSHAW, California

CLARENCE F. LEA, California EVAN HOWELL, Illinois

ROBERT CROSSER, Ohio LEONARD W. HALL, New York

ALFRED L. BULWINKLE, North Carolina JOSEPH P. O'HARA, Minnesota

VIRGIL CHAPMAN, Kentucky WILSON D. GILLETTE, Pennsylvania LINDLEY BECKWORTH, Texas ROBERT HALE, Maine

J. PERCY PRIEST, Tennessee HARRIS ELLSWORTH, Oregon

OREN HARRIS, Arkansas MARION T. BENNETT, Missouri

GEORGE G, SADOWSKI, Michigan JAMES I, DOLLIVER, Iowa

RICHARD F. HARLESS, Arizona
EDWARD J. ELSAESSER, New York

DWIGHT L. ROGERS, Florida
JOHN W. HESELTON, Massachusetts BENJAMIN J. RABIN, New York
HUGH D. SCOTT, JR., Pennsylvania
WILLIAM J. MILLER, Connecticut
HENDERSON H. CARSON, Ohio
JOHN B. BENNETT, Michigan

ELTON J. LAYTON, Clerk
II

CONTENTS

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Text of bills:

H. R. 873 and H. R. 1823.

1

H. R. 1000.

267

H. R. 2823.

Reports of —

State Department.

3, 258, 280, 281, 300

Treasury Department.

4, 301, 303

War Department.

6, 7, 274, 276

Veterans' Administration.

54, 304
Civil Service Commission

278
The Attorney General.

278, 298
Maritime Commission.-

296
War Damage Corporation

297

Statements of -

Beckworth, Hon. Lindley (Texas)

7

Hinshaw, Hon. Carl (California).

8

Cutler, John Ward, Acting General Counsel, Office of Alien Property,

Department of Justice

10, 264, 412

McGowan, Lewis Arthur, counsel for the American Internees

Committee

13, 34

Foley, Mrs. Walter B., New York City.

39

Trinita, Sister Mary, Maryknoll, N. Y

43

Stevenson, Dr. Theodore D., Media, Pa..

48

Holland, Albert Edward, assistant to the president of Trinity

College, Hartford, Conn..

57

Gisel, Rev. Eugene A., S. J., professor at St. Peter's College, Jersey

City, N. J.

62

Cookingham, Mrs. James C., Mount Carmel, Conn.

70

Brooks, Bernard, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y.

73

Wilson, Frank E., chairman, American Internee Committee,

Pasadena, Calif.

Fairman, Mrs. Fred F., New York City -

48, 81

Danner, Mrs. P. R., New York City--

83

Halsema, Mrs. E. J., Westport, Conn.

Hurley, Rev. John F., S. J., New York City.

211

Bennett, Roy C., North Hollywood, Calif.

89, 101

Danner, Paul Rutledge, New York City -

102, 151

Olsen, Mrs. Carl, Durham, N. C.---

102

Rosenbaum, Miss Rosie, New York City

104

Dudley, Mrs. Susie H., Arlington, Va.

106

Keane, Rev. Anthony Vincent, S. J., Canisius High School, New York

City--

110

O’Beirne, Rev. Vincent de Paul, Fordham University, New York

City

118, 123

Farrington, Hon. Joseph R., Delegate in Congress from Hawaii. 118

Hackett, Miss Elizabeth, assistant editor of the Washington Post,

Washington, D. C.

119

Grinnell, Mrs. Ruth B., Selkirk, N. Y.--.

130

Repetti, S. J., Rev. W. C., Georgetown University, Washington,
D. C.

132

Casey, Father John V., Order of St. Augustine, Staten Island, N. Y 136

Abrams, Brother John E., Brooklyn Prep School, Brooklyn, N. Y. 141

Duckworth, Mrs. Rosalind W., New York City -

144

Fahrnestock, Gibson, Newport, R. I----

145

McFarland, Mrs. Margie Keiser, Washington, D. C..

148

Schechter, Samuel N., Brooklyn, N. Y..

158

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