This bill does make it a crime for anyone to influence the loyalty or the morale of our armed forces. and that provision of the bill is. of course. to be highly commended. The bill also makes it a crime for anyone to utter literature advocating the overthrow of the Government by force or violence. and. of course. that is a very meritorious provision. The bill also makes it a crime for an alien to practice or engage in the business of moral prostitution and makes an alien who engages in that activity subject to deportation. Of course. ve all recognize that as a very worthwhile and very meritorious provision. One of the chief objections I have to the bill as reported by the Committee on the Judiciary is that that committee struck out the first provision of the original Smith bill. While it is highly treasonable for any person to advocate the overthrow of the Government by force and violence. I consider it even more despicable and heinous for an American citizen. nativeborn or naturalized. to engage in such advocacy than for an alien to do so. The first section of the bill. as introduced by the gentleman from Virginia [Mr. SmiTHI]. made it a crime for either an alien or a nativeborn citizen to advocate the overthrow of the Government by force and violence.
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