Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee. as the.chairman of the committee has stated. this bill is only fm incident. although it is a veTry important incident. of the work Of this committee and the work which will be the work of the House in reference to immigration and naturalization. This bill merely purports to fix more definitely what you might call the deportablestatus of certain aliens who are now here. Many of us are in favor of some such amendment as that suggested by the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. WimTy]. to put this procedure in the Department of Justice instead of in the Department of Labor. but it was thought we could accomplish the purpose better if we got the permission of Congress to consider a whole new procedure for deportation cases. and if we should confine our attention in this bill more clearly to specifying what characteristics. what associations. what qualities. should make an alien liable to deportation. We have endeavored to do that. and I want to say in a sense this bill is offered with an apology. not. if youplease.any apology on the part of the committee. not. if you please. any apology on the part of the House of Representatives. but it is offered with an apology for a department of the Government of the United States. The reason it is offered is because the Department of Labor has ruled that membership in such organizations as the I. W. W.. specifying that particular organization. does not render the alien liable to deportation. because the constitution of the I. W. W. does riot. according to that department. specifically advocate the various things denounced in the present law.
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