Mr. Chairman. for the first time in the history of our Government. Congress is called upon as representatives of the people to direct the Attorney General of the United States to deport without equivocation one who is recognized as an undesirable alien and a serious menace to the welfare of our Nation. Gentlemen. I refer to Harry Renton Bridges. For years the American people have been menaced by the presence of such alien influences who have been permitted to spread their poisonous doctrines and false philosophies unmolested. In the case of Harry Renton Bridges. public sentiment long ago demanded that he be deported. Why was he not deported? Simply because certain officials in responsible positions in our Government adopted a sympathetic attitude that ended with a complete whitewashing of charges that would have been sufficient cause for deporting anyone else so charged. In considering this type of legislation there is unfolded before our eyes the workings of a real democracy. The American people. through their form of government. are immune from the. wanton neglect of any appointed official to discharge the duties of his office. Hence. Congress is called upon to recognize the will of the American people by deporting this undesirable alien. This brazen individual has from time to time defied the American people by preaching doctrines that are incompatible with American institutions and the American way of life. He has had the gall to declare war against that great veteran organizationthe American Legioncomposed of more than a million men and women whose services during the last World War are a source of pride and honor in the history of our country.
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