President. I hold no.brief for Harry Bridges. but I think this matter should be considered in due course by the Senate. as all other legislation is considered. by taking up the bill which has passed the. House of Representatives. and not by undertaking to amend the pending bill providing for selective military service by inserting a clause which would provide for Harry Bridges deportation. With all the evils that Harry Bridges may have wrought in the United States. certainly he is not the only alien in this country who is dangerous to the institutions of our Government and to the future welfare and happiness of our people. and we certainly should be opening wide the doors to prolonged consideration and discussion. not only of the legal questions which are involved in this proposition but of the advisability of deporting a large number of aliens. were the Senate summarily to remove this matter from its accustomed channels and not to consider on its merits the bill for the deportation of Harry Bridges. Mr. President. I hope all the Members of the Senate will have an opportunity to vote on this matter at a later date. when the bill can be considered. but I do not think it is exactly fair to the Committee on Immigration and the members of the subcommittee. who have worked on this matter very diligently for several weeks. to attempt to consider it in this haphazard fashion as an amendment to the pending bill.
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