A few years ago [ion. John L. Burnett. of ALabama. then chairman of the Immigration Committee in the House. went to Italy. and while there he inquired as to what had become of the band of outlaws that had murdered so many people and spread terror over a considerable portion of Italy. and they told him that they had all gone to America. Mr. President. I recall that a few years ago the King of Denmark pardoned 700 convicted criminals. with the distinct understanding that they would all leave for America. and straightaway they came to America. I was in the city of New York during the recent World War. and as I was coming from a banquet where I had spoken in the interest of the Liberty bond campaign I saw 200 people or more standing around a wildlooking foreigner. a soapbox orator. and he was speaking in a language that I did not understand. but an interpreter said that he was assailing the flag and saying that if he had it in his power he would overthrow this Government. and yet he was permitted to pour out his poison against the greatest and freest GovernmEnt in the world and nobody disturbed him. We sent an army of more than 2.000.000 men across the sea to defeat a foreign foe and prevent a foreign army from invading America. and yet we lermit the enemy through loopholes in immigration laws to come right into the American household. If our boys fought to keep the enemy out. surely we can vote for a law that will keep out the dangerous and deadly enemies of the country. But.
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