Speech #780070605

This bill Is one of them. The other two bills which are to follow this one. if the rule should be adopted. are of that class. The proposal to repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act is another. To debate high!y controversial bills of this kind in Congress while we are at war is calculated to create disunity and dissension. both among ourselves and our allies. to a greater extent almost than anything else the Congress cofild do. No possible good can come to the people whom the legislation is supposed to benefit. On the other hand it may cause great harm to them. I would not for anything.in the world criticize any committee of this House. but I am going to take this occasion to be quite frank. I am going to speak about the general policy of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization in respect to liberalizing the established requirements both for the immigration and naturalization of aliens. Those of you who have been here for a considerable time. as I have. cannot help being aware of the fact that year after year the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization has been zontinuously bringing to this House for its consideration bills which have had for their purpose the lowering of immigration and naturalization standards. I think definitely that this bill is one of them.