Speech #760217258

V. which the Senator from South Carolina proposes to bring before the Senate. under the rule. should have the unanimous support of the Senate of the United States. because it will place in the Department of Justice a matter most vital to the welfare of the defense of the country at an hour when we are speaking in terms of billions of dollars for defense. Executive Order No. V will take out of the Labor Department all matters pertaining to immigration. and certainly. from all we have read in the press in the past few years. indeed. in the past few weeks. the question of immigration to this country is vital. since the expression. the "fifth column." has grown into a common phrase of the hour: Certainly that committee of the House that has had to do with investigation of unAmerican activities has found a "fifth column"-plenty of them. if you pleasein America. It is time for some department of the Government. having teeth in it and sufficient equipment and personnel to enforce its orders. to take hold of the question of immigration and see whether those coming to this country are worthy of being members of our body politic. The Department of Justice. of all departments of the United States. it seems to me Is the one department. together with that splendid agency known as the F. B.