Emigration and immigration

Hector McNeil (right), M.P., United Kingdom, is shown being congratulated by George L. Warren (left), United States Representative to the United Nations Special Committee on Refugees and Displaced Persons. Mr. Warren has proposed that Mr. McNeil be Chairman of the Committee. Others in the background are unidentified.

This is a photograph of the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees meeting held in Geneva, Switzerland. George L. Warren is shown seated at the table on the right, fourth down on far side of that table. Meeting is noted as result of Evian conference, 1938, which discussed the Jewish refugee problem previous to World War II. All others are unidentified.

View of a council meeting associated with the ICEM (Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration) probably being held in the group's headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. Seated on the far left is George L. Warren. Standing in the center is Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts. On the far right is William M. McCulloch, United States Representative from Ohio and second from the right is Peter W. Rodino, United States Representative from New Jersey. Others in view are not identified.

George L. Warren, a long time principal adviser on refugees and displaced persons for the Department of State (right), shakes hands with Peter W. Rodino, Congressman from New Jersey. They are in Geneva, Switzerland, possibly at a meeting of ICEM (Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration). Others are unidentified.

This is a photograph of a group of attendees to the UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) meeting held in Montreal, Canada. The only woman in view is Ellen S. Woodward, a member of the Social Security Board. Dean Acheson is seated on the far right and represented the United States State Department. Standing in the center, fifth from the right, is George L. Warren, a long time principal adviser on refugees and displaced persons for the Department of State. Others in view are not identified.

From left to right, Howard C. Drake, Ilona Massey and Bryson Rash pose for a photograph at the naturalization ceremony of Ilona Massey.

Jacob Blaustein, Executive Secretary (left), and Joseph M. Proskauer (right), President of the American Jewish Committee, leave the White House after a conference with President Harry S. Truman (not pictured). From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman is signing a bill setting annual immigration quotas of 100 each for Filipinos and East Indians. The new law also authorizes naturalization of Filipinos and East Indians already in this country provided they meet citizenship requirements. The President is seated, while standing, left to right, Representative John Lesinski; Antonio A. Gonzalez, President of the Filipino Inter-Community of Western States; J. C. Dionisio, Assistant to the Resident Commissioner in San Francisco; Delegate J. R. Farrington of Hawaii; Rep. Emanuel Celler; M. O. A. Baig; J. J.

President Harry S. Truman (front row, left) stands at the podium outside the West Wing of the White House next to George L. Warren, Adviser on Refugees and Displaced Persons, Department of State, who is speaking at the second session of the Council of the Intergovernment Committee for European Migration. The others are unidentified.

A smiling President Harry S. Truman stands behind the podium outside the West Wing of the White House where he will speak to the second session of the Council of the Intergovernment Committee for European Migration on the occasion of electing Hugh Gibson (4th from left, top row) as Director of the Council. George L. Warren, Advisor on Refugees and Displaced Persons, Department of State, is on the left, bottom row. The others are unidentified.