Speech #630137105

Mr. Chairman. the amendment offered by the gentleman from Alabama was to amend the first two lines of section 19. and those two lines read as follows: That any alien. at any time within three years after entry. who shall enter the United States in violation of law. That is a provision providing for deportation. The amendment is to strike out "three" and insert "five." Those who are forbidden entry into the United States. and who if they enter in violation of the law. are enumerated in section 3: That the following classes of aliens shall be excluded from admission into the United States. Among them are those who advocate or teach the destruction of property. A moment ago. when the gentleman from Wyoming was attempting to discuss the question of deportation of those who advocate the unlawful destruction of property. the gentleman from Massachusetts . who temporarily had forgotten what was in the bill reported by the committee. raised a point of order against the gentleman from Wyoming on the ground that he could not discuss that proposition. because that was not covered by the amendment. and the Chair. not being familiar with the provisions in the bill to that extent. without any fault of the Chair. ruled the gentleman from Wyoming out of order at the instance of the gentleman from Massachusetts. and when I endeavored to obtain a statement from the Chair as to what was in order the Chair ordered me to take my seat. The present occupant of the chair makes a very good Chairman. I believe. on the whole. that he is about the best Chairman the l)emocrats put in the chair. but possibly. nagged a little by the gentleman from Wyoming. whom the Chair feared was going to discuss something out of order and whom the gentleman from Massachusetts feared was going to discuss something out of order-