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62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 641 , 642, 659-JUNE 25, 1948 [CHAPTER 641] AN ACT For the relief of Mrs. Harry A. Light (formerly Mrs. Elsie Purvey). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand- ing the provisions of the eleventh category of section 3 of the Immi- gration Act of 1917 (8 U. S . C. 136 (e)), Mrs. Harry A. Light (formerly Mrs. Elsie Purvey), the wife of a citizen of the United States who served honorably in the armed forces of the United States during World War II, may be admitted to the United States for perma- nent residence under the Act approved December 28, 1945 (Public Law 271, Seventy-ninth Congress), if she is found otherwise admissible under the provisions of the immigration laws. Approved June 25, 1948. [CHAPTER 642] AN ACT For the relief of Dimitri Petrou. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in the adminis- tration of the immigration and naturalization laws, the Attorney General is authorized and directed to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of the alien Dimitri Petrou, of New York, New York, as of the 18th of July 1945, the date on which he entered the United States temporarily as a visitor. Upon the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the quota of Greece for the first year such quota is available. Approved June 25, 1948. [CHAPTER 659] AN ACT For the relief of Markoto Iwamatsu, Atsushi Jun Iwamatsu, and Tomoe Iwamnatsu. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That notwithstand- ing section 303 of the Nationality Act of 1940, as amended (54 Stat. 1140; 8 U. S. C . 703, 57 Stat. 600), Atsushi Jun Iwamatsu, who ren- dered outstanding services to the United States Government during the war with Japan, and his wife Tomoe Iwamatsu, both of whom entered the United States temporarily as visitors in 1939, may be permitted to remain permanently in the United States if they are found to be admissible under the immigration laws other than those relating to persons of races ineligible to naturalization. SEC. 2. That their twelve-year-old son, Markoto Iwamatsu, now presently residing in Japan, may be admitted to the United States for permanent residence if he can qualify for admission under all of the immigration laws other than those relating to persons of races ineligible to citizenship and those laws requiring an immigration visa. Approved June 25, 1948. June 25, 1948 [H. R. 4587] [Private Law 398] Mrs. Harry A. Light. 39 Stat. 875. 59 Stat. 659. 8 U. S.C . §§232-236; Supp. I, § 237. June 25, 1948 [H. R . 4881] [Private Law 399] Dimitri Petrou. Quota deduction. June 25, 1948 1S. 14091) i'Private .Law4()0] Atsushi Jun Iwa- matsu. Tomoe Iwamatsu. Markoto Iwamatsu. 1395