Speech #760299901

With further reference to the fact that this is under investigation. I will call my distinguished colleagues attention to the fact that I have talked on this for practically 2 years. as every Member of the House knows. and during those 2 years there has been nothing but investigation. I ask my distinguished colleague if he knows that Harry Bridges was never tried before any duly appointed and qualified Federal judge. or any other elected judge. but that he did have a hearing before Dean Landis. who is not a judge and does not bear the title of judge. and that. in my opinion. the department that handled this matter was actually afraid to have it come before the Federal judge in San Francisco on account of this judges record of having deported aliens under similar conditions. and that they did not want Bridges deported. It is my further opinion that the Department went to great lengths to place this case in a jurisdiction where they knew that Harry Bridges would be defended and not prosecuted. that this hearing before Landis was nothing more than a farce and a whitewash. and I call his attention to the Landis report and the practical -confession that Harry Bridges made therein. I also draw my distinguished colleagues attention to the fact that there Is always a certain group who are coming to the aid and assistance of these subversive interests. who are always giving us these words. "Careful study and consideration is being given to the matter." They defend them on technicalities. They say there are other means of handling the situation and make technical objections. but after they have stopped the deportations of the criminals and subversive interests. they never come forward and follow through to see that they are deported. I ask my distinguished colleague from New York if he is now coming to the defense of Fritz Kuhn. If he heard my speech. he certainly knows that I stated that the Department had 54 precedents for canceling Kuhns citizenship. after which they could then proceed with his deportation. Is this gentleman against any such procedure? For this gentlemans information.