Speech #710238806

Of course. if bootlegging has become a new legislative policy of ours. then it might be somewhat different.. A little over 35 years ago we diverted from our traditional policy of opposition to registration of individuals. and passed a temporary registration law affecting the Chinese only. of whom there were about 100.000 in the United States at that time. The conditions following the passage of that law. in its limited application. were disgraceful. Arrests were made wholesale and deportations were attempted in the same manner. The wholesale arrests were made of persons who were citizens. and some who were properly registered. The wholesale arrests were made to justify the passage of the law.