But he has been the leader of a powerful and militant branch of organized labor and has led the membership of his organization through several bitter strikes. I say to you without hesitation that the enmities aroused by his militant leadership in these industrial conflicts are primarily responsible for the determined campaign to deport him from this country. Whether the Members of Congress realize it at the time or not. if Harry Bridges is deported by this action it will be because he has been a militant leader of labor. Congress could. and should. logically proceed. therefore. to punish by special legislation all labor leaders who have conducted strikes in which violence has occurred. I am an advocate of complete preparedness for national defense. and as a Member of the Naval Affairs Committee of the House I have given my wholehearted support to the program of expansion of national armament which is now under consideration.
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