Speech #770009206

I would not Sit idly by in the hope that I could watch them and detect some of them in the commission of an offense. There. is some legislation that can help and the gentleman from New York can be of great assistance. It may be interesting to know that. according to the evidence before our committee. 90 percent of the 100.000 members of the bund were born in foreign countries and emigrated to the United States under our laws. It may be interesting to you to know that Earl Browder. secretary of the Communist Party in the United States. testified some years ago that only 10 peicent of the members of the Communist Party were born in the United States and 90 percent were born in foreign lands. I do not mean to cast Insinuations upon the millions of patriotic people of foreign stock. I realizeperfectly well that they cannot be condemned because of an unassimilated and unAmerican minority. but I am saying to the gentleman from New York that instead of constantly condemning this committee. instead of constantly casting aspersions upon the motives 9f his fellow Members. if he will begin to strengthen the immigration and deportation laws and meet the issue fearlessly he will aid us greatly in saying to all these people. "You cannot come to the United States. we will not allow people infected with the virus of totalitarianism to enter the United States and become a part of our population." If the gentleman will further assist in the writing of legislation for the purpose of deporting such people. if he will apply himself to that and not to the uncharitable task of seeking to make life more difficult for the Members of this House who have their hands full as it is. who are subject to enough misrepresentation in the normal course of their public service. without having their colleagues to add to it. he would be doing a great service. [Applause.]