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62 STAT.] 80rH CONG., 2D SESS.-CHS. 444-446-JUNE 10, 1948 [CHAPTER 444] AN ACT For the relief of Gudrun Emma Ericsson. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Attorney General is authorized and directed to cause the immediate release of Gudrun Emma Ericsson (file Numbered A-6-619892) from detention at Ellis Island, New York, and to permit her entry into the United States for permanent residence. The said Gudrun Emma Ericsson shall not again be subject to deportation by reason of the same facts upon which her present detention is based or upon which any out- standing order of exclusion or order and warrant of deportation has been issued. Upon the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper quota-control officer to deduct one number from the appropriate quota for the first year that such quota is available. Approved June 10, 1948. 1373 June 10, 1948 [S. 1729] [Private Law 348] Gudrun Emma Ericsson. Quota deduction. [CHAPTER 445] AN ACT For the relief of William M. Looney. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That William M. Looney, a substitute clerk in the post office at Canton, Pennsylvania, is hereby relieved of all liability to refund to the United States the amount of the overpayment of salary received by him from the date he returned to duty after discharge from the armed services and was paid at the rate of $1.49 per hour to the date when it was determined that the rate properly payable to him was $1.19 per hour. In the audit and settlement of the accouhts of any postmaster or other transmitting disbursing officer of the Post Office Department or postal service, the payment of an hourly rate of $1.49 to the said William M. Looney during the time specified shall be considered to have been authorized. SEC. 2 . Any amount heretofore credited to the said William M. Looney or refunded to the United States by him on account of the overpayment described in the first section of this Act shall be repaid to him out of any money available for the payment of salaries to sub- stitute clerks of first- and second-class post offices. Approved June 10, 1948. June 10, 1948 [S. 1886] [Private Law 349] William M. Looney. [CHAPTER 446] AN ACT For the relief of Basque aliens. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Attorney General of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to cancel deportation proceedings in the cases of Bartolome Errea, Marcelino Yturbe, Francisco Lorono, Pete Elguezabal, Zenon Zubieta, Francisco Alluntiz, Manuel Zulueta, and Jose Antonio Odriozola, all of eastern Nevada, legally admitted as seamen but who have remained in the United States longer than permitted by law and regulations, and that these aliens shall be considered as having been admitted for permanent entry as of the date of their actual entry on the payment of the visa fees of $10 and head taxes of $8 per person. Upon the enactment of this Act the Secretary of State shall instruct 68706°-51 -PT . I --- June 10, 1948 [H. R . 1572] [Private Law 350] Basque aliens. Quota deduction