Speech #760245918

It is not necessary for any Member of this body to make any excuse or defense upon behalf of the junior Senator from Georgia . who is chairman of the Committee on Immigration. but. for fear that there might be some who would consider that what has been said could be construed as a criticism of the chairman of the Committee on Immigration. I should like briefly to state the situation. When the bill came over from the House the Senator from Ge6rgia immediately. as is the custom of committees of this body. referred it to the department involved. the Department of Justice. Within 1 day after the report came back from the Department the Senator from Georgia called a meeting of the Committee on Immigration. and a subcommittee was appointed to consider the bill. That happened just 3 days before the Republican Convention met. There have been a number of efforts upon the part of the chairman of the subcommittee. the Senator from Utah . to arrange for a meeting of the subcommittee. but since that time events have occurred which have made it impossible for the subcommittee to meet. I wish to assure the Senator from Arizona and the Senate that there is no desire upon the part of anybody in the Committee on Immigration to delay the bill. and particularly to give assurance that the chairman of the Committee onImmigration has acted with all possible expedition with respect to the bill.