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CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS-DEC. 11 , 15, 19, 1945 [59 STAT. December 11, 1945 [H. Con. Res. 75] December 15, 1945 [H. Con. Res. 111] Printing of addi- tional copies of House committee hearings. 34 Stat. 1012 . 44U.S. C. 154. December 15, 194 [H. Con. Bes. 112] Printing of addi- tional copies of House committee hearings. 34 Stat. 1012. 44U.8.C. 164. December 19, 1945 [S. Con. Res. 44] 42 Stat. 1012. UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That the United Nations be, and hereby are, invited to locate the seat of the United Nations Organization within the United States of America. Passed December 11, 1945. FULL EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1945 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That in accordance with paragraph 3 of section 2 of the Printing Act, approved March 1, 1907, the House Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments be, and is hereby, authorized and empowered to have printed for its use two thousand additional copies of the hearings held before said committee during the current session, rela- tive to the Full Employment Act of 1945. Passed December 15, 1945. AID TO PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That in accordance with paragraph 3 of section 2 of the Printing Act, approved March 1, 1907, the House Committee on Labor Subcommit- tee to Investigate Aid to the Physically Handicapped be, and is hereby authorized and empowered to have printed for its use one thousand additional copies of parts 1, 3, 7, and 8 of the hearings held before said subcommittee during the second session, Seventy-eighth Congress, relative to aid to the physically handicapped. Passed December 15, 1945. FREE ENTRY OF JEWS INTO PALESTINE Whereas the Sixty-seventh Congress of the United States on June 30, 1922, unanimously resolved "That the United States of America favors the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of Christian and all other non-Jewish communities in Palestine, and that the holy places and religious buildings and sites in Palestine shall be adequately protected"; and Whereas the ruthless persecution of the Jewish people in Europe has clearly demonstrated the need for a Jewish homeland as a haven for the large numbers who have become homeless as a result of this persecution; and Whereas these urgent necessities are evidenced by the President's request for the immediate right of entry into Palestine of one hundred thousand additional Jewish refugees; and Whereas the influx of Jewish immigration into Palestine is resulting in its improvement in agricultural, financial, hygienic, and general economic conditions; and Whereas the President and the British Prime Minister have agreed upon the appointment of a "Joint Anglo-American Committee of Enquiry" to examine conditions in Palestine as they bear upon the 848