Mr. Chairman. I am sorry to have to stand here and to make a statement to the effect that there seems to be a wellorganized bloc in the House determined to bring about the defeat of any and all legislation recommended by the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. They are always shouting that we do not go to the bottom of things but when we express the willingness to go into the whole problem of aliens in this country the same people vote against that too. In order to survey the matter a little more carefully. may I say that in 1942 the committee asked to be given the opportunity to study the whole field of immigration and naturalization. the problem caused by war conditions as it affected the aliens in this country. and so forth. so that we could establish a proper policy dealing with this very important question. House Resolution 433. introduced for that purpose. was agreed to by the Rules Committee and was reported. All we asked was the right to study the question. so as to formulate a good policy we could follow in dealing with this problem. When we got on the floor. lo and behold. the distinguished gentleman from Mississippi. as usual. talked the resolution to death by saying that it attempted to open the doors on immigration. and so forth. He was told that the resolution had nothing to do with permitting anyone to enter this country. but he persisted in confusing the issue. When the resolution came up for a vote. about two hundred and someodd Members voted against it.
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