Speech #740064452

I have just introduced a bill that will not only end the organized and even subversive propaganda called attention to by the Dickstein Nazi committee. but will strengthen existing deportation statutes as urged by the Department of Labor. deport gangsters and racketeers convicted of possessing machine guns. permanently exclude aliens convicted of crime and lawbreaking. require eligible aliens to become citizens or depart. further restrict immigration by reducing the existing quotas 60 percent. and applying them to countries of this hemisphere. take care of lawabiding aged parents and near relatives of foreign born In this country by reserving the quotas for them. and deport aliens engaged in smuggling and bootlegging aliens into this country. Last years immigration statistics show an increase of 50 percent in quota Immigrationthat is. new seed immigrants--an 8percent increase in total aliens admitted. and a 60percent decrease in alien deportations. During the last 10 years of quota restriction over three and a half million aliens have entered the United States. and our last census revealed the largest number of foreign born. over 14.000.000. the largest foreignstock population. over 40.000.000. and the most aliens. nearly 7.000.000. in our history. While the alien departures reported by the steamships and railroads do exceed the alien arrivals counted by our immigrant inspectors. our alien population has continued to increase by surreptitious entries and by the atrocious. alien deserting seamen hole In our existing legislation that my bill would plug up. The bill I have just introduced would also deport alien Communists by making any alien deportable who is a member of communistic organizations. Most of the leaders of indefensible strikes like the recent general strike on the Pacific coast are aliens with "red " records. and of such we have quite enough of our own naturalized and even native born without importing any more or permitting them to operate in this country. just as we have enough unemployed and dependents without importing any more or permitting aliens to swell their ranks. Each country should care for its own dependents. delinquents. defectives. and unemployed. Charity should begin at home. just as employment should. The deportations in 1931 were 18.142. In 1932 they were 19.422. In 1933 the deportations were 19.865. But since our good friend from New York has been passing his amendments. the deportations last year were only 8.879. If I were Chairman of the Immigration Committee. I would get reported promptly and would pass here in this House a bill to stop all immigration for 10 years. and a bill to deport every Communist. and a bill to deport the several million aliens who are now in the United States unlawfully. like Bruno Hauptmann. and a bill to deport several more aliens who are here lawfully. but who do not think enough of our flag to fight for it. when called on. or to take out citizenship papers and become Americans. And I would pass a bill to stop the publication of Communist newspapers in New York and Cleveland and everywhere else in the United States. I hope sincerely that every Member of this House who wants to save American jobs for Americans. and who wants to take such American jobs away from foreigners and give them back to Americans. would sign the petition which I have on the Clerks desk. to discharge Chairman DICKSTEINS committee from further consideration of my bill. and then we can get it on this floor. as soon as 218 Members sign that petition. and pass it.