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But I do strenuously object to alien revolutionists. whom we permit to come to this country. advocating the overthrow LXXV156 of our Government by force and violence and the substitution of a soviet form of government in its place. The membership of the Communist Party of the United States is largely alien and overwhelmingly foieign born. It is conservatively bclieved that 90 per cent of all communists in this country are aliens and naturalized citizens. Very few native Americans. so far. have been active in the movement. Officials of the Department of Labor told our committee there was nothing in our immigration laws excluding a communist as such. If an alien admits he is a communist. he may be admitted as an immigrant. The fact of an alien being a communist is not a bar to entry into the United States. I believe our immigration laws should be strengthened so that no communist or any other alien who believes in the principles of communism would be permitted to enter this country. I also believe that our deportation laws should be amended so as to provide for the immediate deportation of all aliens who are members of the Communist Party. or who are in any way connected with the spreading of communist propaganda. II am ready to assist in helping all alien communists who do not like our form of government to return to the lands from whence they came. These alien revolutionists must sooner or later learn that they must refrain from seeking the overthrow of our Government or they will be deported. No alien or naturalized citizen can be a communist and at the same time be loyal to the Government of the United States and its flag. During the last Congress I introduced a bill to provide for the exclusion and expulsion of all alien communists. The bill was reported favorably by the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization of the House of Representatives but failed to pass because of the adjournment of Congress on March 4. At the beginning of the present Congress I reintroduced the same bill. which is known as H. R. 1967. and it is now pending before the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. This bill. if enacted. will amend our present immigration law by adding the word "communist." It will strengthen our immigration and deportation laws by adding the alien communist who believes in and advocates subversive revolutionary doctrines to the enumerated classes of those who are now by law subject to exclusion or deportation. The bill. if enacted. will permit the Department of Labor to more readily deport all alien communists. Under the present law it is necessary for the Department of Labor to prove that the alien sought to be deported believes in. advises. advocates. or teaches. or is a member or affiliated with some organization. association. society. or group that believes in. advises. advocates. or teaches the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force and violence. In order for the Government to prove these facts it is also necessary to prove that the organization. association. society. or group has for its purpose the overthrow by force or violence the Government of the United States. In other words. the Government is required to prove all of these facts in every individual case. whereas if my bill is enacted communists will not be permitted to enter the United States and can readily be deported therefrom on proof of their membership in the Communist Party or on their admission that they are members of or affiliated with the Communist Party. During the last 10 years it has become common knowledge that the Communist Party is an unlawful organization. having for its object an illegal purpose. and it has been so construed by some of the courts. I am one who believes that the sooner the Congress of the United States enacts legislation of this character. just so soon will we be able to rid this country of these alien revolutionary parasites. whose presence here can add nothing to the American Government.