An ex parte trial and ex parte condemnation is not the foundation upon which our country has prospered. The evidence which the committee has should have been submitted to the Department of Labor for further action by it. for issuance of another warrant and another hearing. If the committee believes the evidence to be as strong as it claims then certainly the only result of the hearings on this warrant before the Department of Labor would be an order for his deportation. That is the American way. There has not been cited one precedent in support of this special bill. Never before has Congress by special legislation singled out for deportation one individual or even a few individuals. Always It has provided a procedure for deportation of undesirable classes of aliens. specifying the conditions which determine undesirability. Always undesirability has been determined by a quasijudicial hearing held by the Department of Labor. At such hearings the alien was given a full opportunity to present his defense against the charges leveled at him. Today. for the first time in our history. we propose to deport one individual without conforming to traditional procedure and without giving him an opportunity to be heard in his own defense. More than any other Member in this House. I stand to gain from the deportation of aliens who are members of or affiliated with the Communist Party. My record and my stand with respect to communism are clear. I was elected a Member of this House at a special election held on February 6 of this year.
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