Speech #760224167

I wish to make a new report from the Committee on the Judiciary in order that it may be printed at the earliest possible date and distributed. I submit a new and favorable report (No. 1796) on House bill 5138 providing for the punishment of those who seek to instill disloyalty or disobedience into the members of the armed forces of the United States. It establishes several new grounds for the deportation of aliens. and provides for the registration and fingerprinting of every alien within the United States. The Committee on the Judiciary is very anxious to secure action on this measure. because it believes it will have a very fine effect on the public mind. and assure the public that Congress is doing something about the socalled "fifth column" and in correcting subversive activities. From the same committee I report an amendment in the nature of a substitute to this identicel bill to make unlawful attempts to interfere with the discipline of the Army. the Navy. and the Coast Guard. to .require the deportation of certain classes of aliens. to require the fingerprinting of aliens seeking to enter the United States. and for other purposes. which bill is already on the Senate calendar.