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 PRIVATE LAWS-CHS. 402-404-JUNE 20, 1940 Condition. June 20, 1940 [8. 1328] [Private, No. 3891 Lena Hendel, nee Lena Goldberg. Cancelation of order of deportation. Admission deemed lawful. Validity of petition, etc., for citizenship. Condition. Deduction from quota. June 20, 1940 [S. 25981 [Private, No. 390] Kurt Wessely. Date of admission for permanent resi- dence. Pot,p. 1405. Deduction fran quota. admission to citizenship ordered and certificate of naturalization heretofore issued to, Janet Hendel, nee Judith Shapiro, which were predicated upon the claim of lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence on December 1, 1926, shall hereafter be deemed valid, unless the original seven-year period of validity of such declaration of intention has heretofore expired or Janet Hendel, nee Judith Shapiro, has heretofore been found otherwise not eligible to such benefit under the naturalization laws. Approved, June 20, 1940. [CHAPTER 403] AN ACT For the relief of Lena Hendel, nee Lena Goldberg. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the administration of the immigration and naturalization laws the Sec- retary of Labor is hereby authorized and directed to cancel the warrant of arrest and the order of deportation against Lena Hendel, nee Lena Goldberg, heretofore issued on the ground that on October 4, 1926, admission to the United States had been fraudulently gained pursuant to the commission of a passport or visa offense which, subsequent to such admission, has heretofore been held by the Attorney General of the United States to be within the purview of "crimes involving moral turpitude" and thereupon Lena Hendel, nee Lena Goldberg, shall hereafter be deemed to have been lawfully admitted to the Umnted States for permanent residence at New York, New York, on October 4, 1926. Any declaration of intention to become a citizen or any petition for citizenship heretofore filed by, or any admission to citizenship ordered and certificate of natu- ralization heretofore issued to, Lena Hendel, nee Lena Goldberg, which were predicated upon the claim of lawful admission to the United States for permanent residence on October 4, 1926, shall hereafter be deemed valid, unless the original seven-year period of validity of such declaration of intention has heretofore expired or Lena Hendel, nee Lena Goldberg, has heretofore been found other- wise not eligible to such benefit under the naturalization laws. SEC. 2. Upon the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the nonpreference category of the quota during the current year. Approved, June 20, 1940. [CHAPTER 404] AN ACT For the relief of Kurt Wessely. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Udted States of meria in Congress assembled, That in the admin- istration of the immigration and naturalization laws Kurt Wessely shall be held and considered to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence on August 3, 1937, at Ellis Island, New York. Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall instruct theproper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the non- preference category of the quota during the current year. Approved, June 20, 1940. 1290 [54 STAT.

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