You nailed it. He was early in the immigration process. In odd bureaucracy, he DID get a doctor's special gas ration anyway. (He had a good institutional job i

You nailed it. He was early in the immigration process. In odd bureaucracy, he DID get a doctor's special gas ration anyway. (He had a good institutional job in the Kaiser shipyards.) Come to think of it, that's another reminder that in those days, medicine --> home visits.