Speaker. no man is more concerned than I with the sanctity of our Constitution and the laws which have been established thereunder. It has been and is now contended that there is danger of violating the freespeech clause of the first amendment to the Constitution when we enact legislation to prevent the advocacy of the overthrow of our Government by force or the teaching of communistic doctrine in our schools. Those who make such contentions are no doubt correct. but there is nowhere any justification for failing to make mandatory the deportation of alien criminals. As a matter of fact. we already have. as you well know. in the act of June 5. 1920. sufficient legislative power to deport undesirable alien Communists. And here we come upon a singular situation. which I almost hesitate to point out. This situation involves the following purported facts: First.
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