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Amidst the verbal fireworks, John Santo, who came to the U.S. from Rumania 20 years ago on a four-year student's visa, was almost forgotten. Unlike the Baronet of Ruddigore, who "writhed in agony," handsome, curly-haired Santo mockingly rested his head on one arm and pretended to sleep. Before the prosecution is through, however, his case might become as celebrated as the Government's unsuccessful attempt, two years ago, to deport Harry Bridges...
Last week a smiling U.S. consul looked over Bill Dickman's completed papers, handed him his visa and wished him luck. Bill sold his car for $900. Christine Dickman's father & mother, who were going along too, sold their house. Then all of them boarded a Great Northern train for Oak Grove...
...anti-Hitler newspaper work I had done in Vienna, and I had to go into hiding. The dominant thought of all of us hunted for political, racial, or both reasons, was to get out. Under the quota I would have to wait two years to get my U.S. immigration visa. Meanwhile, the problem was to keep alive and away from the Gestapo...
...finally made my way to Paris. The war broke out; I was handed a gas mask and told to go to Bordeaux for my American visa. Months later I escaped to London. Then, exactly on the dot, two years after applying, I received my American immigration visa. I arrived in Manhattan at night and immediately went to a friend who lived near Inwood Park. At dawn I rushed to the window to see the skyscrapers. I saw only the park's rocks, trees, squirrels and blue-jays. I decided then and there that I was going to like...
Last month Beirut gossip mills had new grist. The Amazer, they said, had asked for a U.S. visa. His destination: California, to attend a spiritualist convention...