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

60002

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

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

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

Department of Justice..

78

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--

45, 48

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

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

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

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

Holland, Albert Edward, assistant to the president of Trinity
College, Hartford, Conn__.

57

62.

70

73

Rosenbaum, Miss Rosie, New York City.

Dudley, Mrs. Susie H., Arlington, Va

104

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_

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

Washington, D. C..

118

119

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

Casey, Father John V., Order of St. Augustine, Staten Island, N. Y.
Abrams, Brother John E., Brooklyn Prep School, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Duckworth, Mrs. Rosalind W., New York City.
Fahrnestock, Gibson, Newport, R. I..

130

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