Moose.:] and in favor of the committee amendment and the unlended paragraph. which provides. in line 11. page 3S. that " three years" shall be changed to " five years." I regret. Mr. Chairman. that there seems to have been a slight imlisunderstanding as to the committees action. but I believe that all the members of the Committee on Immigration desire to indorse the great work that has been done by the chairman [Mr. BumNETT] and the gentleman from Massachusetts in perfecting the details of this exceedingly difficult bill. Now. should this line be changed to read "deportation at any time." that change will interfere with the wording of the bill in niany places which we have passed. If I may be permitted to speak for a moment of the committees action. let me say that this amendment was considered with considerable care and it was decided to make the time of deportation five years in the one place. line 11. that any alien. during the fiveyear period. in which time he should learn to regard citizenship of the United States as a privilege. should be deported if he commits or advocates the unlawful destruction of property or the overthrow by force of this Govermnent. Mr. Chairman. that clause should have been adopted 30 years ago. I contend that we must do more than simply put up the bars against undesirable immigration. By this clause we put aliens on probation and withhold their right to live in the United States unless they show at least passive love and respect for it and its institutions. It is not fair that along with aliens who come here to make homes. to live in and love the United States. shall come those who neither respect our flag nor our institutions and who bring with them a mass of "isms" which if not checked. must lead on to anarchy and revolution.
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Aliens bring a mass of 'isms' which if not checked, must lead on to anarchy and revolution.