When hearings opened on the bill now under consideration. H. R. 3070. providing for the repeal of the socalled Chinese Exclusion Act. I was opposed to it. I was opposed at that time to any relaxation of our immigration laws. But. Mr. Chairman. as a parade of witnesses unfolded their story before our committee and after being privileged to read transcripts of propaganda broadcasts which are spewing from Tokyo into the ears of listeners in China and all the area which Japan has conquered. I became convinced that. if for no other reason. we should repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act for the purel. realistic reason it will lessen the task faced by our fighting men. Psychological warfarewhose chief weapon is propagandahas shown itself since this great war began to be a potent factor in victory. In terms dear to the American heart. psychological warfare is nothing more nor less than high powered salesmanship.
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