Speech #720073847

I want to pay him that compliment. On other matters we have not agreed so well. I am the minority ranking member. and have been a member of the committee for more than 19 years. and it is a very unfortunate situation to be on a nonpolitical committee like that with the chairman and the ranking minority member with such divergent views on many questions affecting immigration and naturalization. I do not want the present laws weakened a single notch. I think I can see some nibbling going on. Among the witnesses we found at least two who were openly very much against this Government. One is a young man who came here from Russia six or seven years ago. almost immediately applied for his first papers for naturalization. yet in less than two years he was a member of a workers club. one of the outposts of the Communist Party. all organized in such a way that they can deny affiliation. This young man studied communism in that club. perfected himself in English. and so on. and was naturalized only a year ago. with his mind full of intent and purpose literally to overthrow this Government. He took the oath of allegiance to the United States and I do not believe that he meant a word of it. He was asked in this hearing in case of war between this country and another country or in case of great disturbance at home which flag would he follow. the Stars and Stripes or the red flag.