Evening star., 1949-02-23
.HouseUnitvotes
Admit Aliens
.AidingU.S.S Spies
Armed Services Group
Also Backs Bill for Big
Guided Missiles Runqe
BY Chris Mothisen

Legislation to waive irnmigra.
ton quotas each year for a limited
number of aliens who proved USE
full to American intelligence agents
abroad was approved unanimously
today by the House Armed Serv-
ices Committee.
In other actions on security
matters the committee voted to
recommend passage of bills to pro-
vide an extensive early warning"
aircraft detection radar system
around the United States and to
establish a 3,000-mile- long range
as a proving ground for guided
missiles.
All committee members present
voted in favor of the three bills.
Chairman Vinson instructed the
subcommittee chairman to prepare
requests for Rules Committee
clearance to bring the measures
to the House floor soon, probably
during the week of March 7.
Bill Kept Complete Secret.
The immigration concession to
persons in the status of spies
helpers" was contained in a hush
hush bill to give legislative status
to the Central Intelligence Agency.
The agency has been operating by
authority of a presidential order.
The Armed Services Committee,
which had received subcommittee
reports on the other two bills in
open session, closed it's doors when
that portion of the CIA measure
relating to limited non-quota i'm
migration was reached.
There were no public hearings
on the bill. and Mr.. Vinson had
said earlier that members of the
House will have to take the bill
just as it is-after all, you have to
trust somebody"
Specifically, it provides that as
many as 100 persons could be ad-
mitted to the United States each
year under the special waiver
after their cases had been ap-
proved by the director of the C1A
and the Attorney General.
Plan Would Aid Military
The individuals who supplied
information to American intelli-
gence would be allowed to bring
members of their families in some
cases. but the latter would have
to be covered in the 100-person
annual limitation.
Mr.. Vinson explained the pro-
vision prior to today's COMMITTEES
session as an "inducement" to
aliens having access to intelligence
data important to the security OF
the United States to make the in
formation available.
In other quarters, it had been
indicated that intelligence officials
wanted the legislation in order to
be able to hold out some promise
of security to informants from be-
hind the iron curtain.
The bill to give permanent
status to the CIA was approved
by the Senate in the last Congress.
but failed of action in the House.
Last year. however. 1t did not
include the non-quota immigra-
ton feature,
Radar Cost Limited to IS Million.
Mr.. Vinson commented that much
of the background which led to
the favorable report on the bill
had been furnished the commit
tee in closed session and could
not be brought out into the open
when the measure came up for
consideration in the House.
We'll just have to tell the
House they'll have to accept our
judgment. he said.
The bill to authorize conStruc-
ton of the radar system was re-
ported with an $85.500,000 limit
on the cost of aircraft detection
stations to be built.
Armed forces officials have esti-
mated the total cost of the project
at $l61 100000. but this figure in
cludes $42, 100000 worth of radar
equipment already on hand and
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