One great judge once said thatFraud is hatched in secret. it hides In the hollow of a tree. and. like a snail. it must be trailed by the slime which it leaves behind. The facts of the Bridges investigation amply justified Mr. Landis in ordering his deportation. That he is a Communist is shown by his associations. his subversive activities. and his devious moves with respect to naturalization. He has "wormed in and wormed out and endeavored to leave everyone in doubt as to whether the snake that made the track was coming in or backing out." It would be interesting to inquire just what state of facts would lead Mr. Landis to conclude that an undesirable alien should be deported. The anomalous thing about a man like Bridges is that he assails with pick and crowbar the foundations of our institutions. then when he is caught in unAmerican activities he flees to the courts and lays hold of the horns of the altar and appeals to the laws and institutions which he seeks in season and out of season to destroy. As a matter of fact. this is a longdelayed action. Bridges has sinned away his day of grace. His deportation is long overdue. It is the beginning of what must be a concerted move on the part of the Congress. and that is to delouse the body of Uncle Sam of these undesirable aliens like Bridges. Then. when we have done that. let us give the body politic a good. strong dose of legalistic vermifuge and clean out the internal parasites that now afflict us.
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Undesirable aliens are like parasites that need to be purged from the body of Uncle Sam.