H. R. 10289. is drastic. but I do not think anything is too drastic when it comes to protecting and safeguarding our beloved Nation in the existing emergency. If there is any provision in the bill that would in any way seem to tend to deprive good American citizens or noncitizens of their constitutional rights in any degree. I wish to assure gentlemen of the House that I am willing to eliminate any such provision that might deprive any citizen or noncitizen of his right of free speech. freedom of peaceful assembly. and worship according to the dictates of ones conscience. but I do feel that we are faced with potentially real dangers. which I hope may not materialize. I learned. though. many years ago that a stitch in time saves nine. I feel that emergency conditions demand that we adequately safeguard our democratic form of government. the American way of living. and the future of our beloved country. and that all those in our midst. whether nativeborn or naturalized citizens. should be given unmistakably to understand that conditions do not justify any degree of disloyalty and it cannot and must not be tolerated. We know the methods of the "fifth columners" in Austria. Czechoslovakia.
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