It is on a par with numerous other statements made on the floor of the House to create resentment against foreignborn citizens. It is indeed amazing how some Members will speak of an organization when that organization advocates their viewpoints and how offensive. on the other hand. they will be against the same organization when it takes a position to stand by their constitutional rights to voice their protest against legislation that deprives the American people of their civil and personal rights. The gentleman from Kansas and others. with poisoned minds and reckless tongues. in order to create resentment in the minds of the American people against the foreign born. will charge them with being law violators and being opposed to the eighteenth amendment to our Constitution. With screaming patriotic plea they charge as if the foreign born alone are violating the Volstead Act. But let us see. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen. In the gentlemans own StateKansas--we only find a small percentage of foreign born. According to the 1920 census the population of that State Is 1.769.257. and of that 110.578 are foreign born. or about 6 per cent of its population. I quote these population figures to call attention to a situation In just one of the larger cities in the State of Kansas which has quite obviously escaped the attention of the gentleman. The police department of Wichita. a city almost purely American. reports 402 convictions for violations of the liquor laws in 1922. with nearly as many more cases transferred on State warrants to the county and Federal governments.
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Foreign-born citizens are law violators and opposed to the Constitution.