President. my colleagues are aware that Senate bill 409. which bears my name. is listed on the current calendar of business as order No. 817. There are certain facts in regard to this bill which I desire to call to the attention of the Senate. before it is called up for consideration. Senate bill 409 was reported to the Senate on July 11. 1939. with amendments. on behalf of the Committee on Immigration of the Senate. I may add that this bill is accompanied by a report. No. 757. I am deeply appreciative of the fact that my colleagues on the Committee on Immigration of the Senate desired to show me the courtesy of attaching my name to Senate bill 409. although I am not a member of the committee. so that I might have what credit there may be. should this bill. as sponsored by the committee. be passed. Unfortunately. Senate bill 409. as reported by the Committee on Immigration. is not merely a digest or compilation of the principles of legislation which I sponsored in Senate bills 407. 408. 409. 410. and 411. as a superficial examination might suggest. but embodies extraneous matter of a character which is repugnant to every view of the immigration and alien problem in the United States which I have expressed on this floor many times. For this reason. Mr. President. I wish at this time to avail myself of the opportunity to advise the Members of the Senate as to why I and some of my colleagues must oppose consideration of Senate bill 409. as it has been reported by the Committee on Immigration. I
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