Speech #710180674

I think there is a high question of senatorial ethics involved in the consideration of the motion which I have made to recommnit the bill. All Senators will recall the flact that the question of national origins introduced in the Senate one of the most prolonged and most bitterly contested prol)lems that we have had here in a good many years. Senators will recall that the senior Senator from Pennsylvania was particularly charged with the leadership of the forces in favor of the nationalorigins provision of the immigration law. We remember very clearly with what earnestness and skill and effectiveness he performed his service. Now. it seems to me that in the absence of that Senator in a foreign country on vitally important business of the Nation it is not exactly the fair thing to propose here. without notice. to undo the work which that Senator and those in agreement with him did at the last session of Congress. On that ground alone I should advocate the recommitment of the bill in order that the senior Senator from Pennsylvania may be given an opportunity to return. as lie soon will do. and state his views on the proposition which now is made. without notice and suddenly as if from a clear sky. to repeal the nationalorigins provision of the immigration law.