Speech #760218294

The practices and procedures of that Bureau do not tend to build up a love of country. especially among the most ignorant and uneducated portions of our people. I think the practices followed and used by this organization in recent years show conclusively that the same methods are being used and the same objects are sought to be attained as were apparent in the arrest and imprisonment of thousands of people 20 years ago. mainly by this very organization. Although the raid in Detroit took place technically under the authority of the Attorney General. the warrants which were issued and the processes which were followed were. as far as possible. those of the Bureau of Naturalization in the Department of Labor. It is because I fear that the same practices will be used and continued to the detriment of the civil liberties of our people that I feel that the enactment of the pending joint resolution would be well nigh a catastrophe. It does not appear at first blush that these practices are bringing about evil. because the seed is sown deep down in the hearts even of little children who witness the methods employed. and those seeds will grow. they will live as long as the children live. and will raise doubt and fear in their hearts as to their own country.