BLACKWELL FAMILY     
ALICE STONE BLACKWELL     GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE          Walsh, David I.DAVID I. WALSH
  MASSACHUSETTS,

                                     United States  Senate,
                                       Washington, D. C.
                                                                           
                                                            October 4, 1922.

Miss Alice Stone Blackwell,
3 Monadnock St.,
Boston, Mass.

My dear Miss Blackwell :
 
                           In the absence of Senator Walsh
I am enclosing herewith letter which we have just recieved
from the State Department in reference to the case in
which you are interested.     I am especially glad to
note that the visas were granted August  9th last,  and I
hope that if they have not already arrived that they will
soon reach the United States.

                                                           Very respectfully yours,

                                                                       Secretary.The Honorable
David I. Walsh,
United States Senate.

Sir:
     I beg to refer to your letter of August 5, 1922,
stating that Mrs. Rajzel Ajzinstejn and family have
been unable to obtain from the Consul General at Warsaw
satisfactory information concerning their visa application,
and to the Department's letter of August 17, 
in which you were informed that the Consul General was
being instructed to report to the Department his action
on the case. A despatch dated September 5, 1922 has now
been received from the Consul General, in which he reports
that visas were granted to Raizel, Jacob David,
Chajka, Pejsia and Rachel Ajzinstatejn on August 9, 1922.
     The following extract from the Consul General's
report shows that his office was not at fault in causing
the unnecessary delay in this case and that you were
evidently misinformed concerning the facts:
"The customary notice sent
to applicants after receipt of
the Department's authorization, was

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was mailed the Ajzinatztejn family
on May 23rd after receipt of the
Department's reconsideration of its
refusal to grant visas in this case.
The notice was sent to the address
given this office by the applicants,
i.e. Mizka 45, Warsaw. It was returned
undelivered with a postal
notation dated May 29th to the effect
that the addresses were unknown at
that address. I enclose herewith the
envelope as mailed by this office
and returned by the post office.
     "A letter dated June 13th was
received at this office, signed 
Ajzensztejn, from Rowno, giving the
new address of this family and a notice
was mailed to the Rowno address on
July 21st, which was as soon as it
was possible to reach this case for
reconsideration after the receipt of
their letter of June 13th, in view
of the great amount of mail matter
pertaining to the new Polish quota
arriving at the office in the months
of June and July. This was the first
notification the office had received
of their change of address and the
only communication received from this
family in the current year."

I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
For the Secretary of State:

Second Assistant Secretary.

811.111 Ajzinstejn, R.
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