Speech #720127513

I introduced a similar bill in the last Congress and again in this Congress. The only difference between this bill and my bill is that the bill under consideration seeks to define the word "communist." The purpose of the bill is to put the communist on the same basis as an anarchist. Under our present immigration law a communist may be deported. but it must be proven in each individual case that he is a member of or affiliated with an organization which has for its purpose the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force and violence. In other words. it is necessary for the Government to prove in each case the purpose and manifesto of the communist organization. Should the bill under consideration become law. a communist may be deported on his admission or on proof that he is a communist or affiliated with the communist organization. Therefore it will materially aid in the speedy deportation of all alien communists. There is no question but that legislation of this kind is urgently needed. The very fact that an alien is an anarchist subjects him to deportation. There is no reason why the same should not apply to communists. The communist is a thousand times worse than an anarchist.