Speech #780224578

Mr. President. I offered an amendment which reads as follows: After the date of enactment of this act. and until the expiration of 5 years after the termination of the present war as proclaimed by the President. no immigration visa shall be issued to any immigrant. In other words. the provision would set up bars against any alien from any part of the world coming into the United States. I asked for the yeas and nays on the amendment. but my request was not seconded by a sufficient number of Senators to enable me to obtain a yea and nay vote. As a result we merely had a voice vote. and the amendment which I offered. which would bar all aliens from this country for a period of 5 years after the termination of the present war. was rejected by this body. There was brought to my attention this morning an article which appeared in the Evening Star of last Saturday. August 12. under the headline "Italians Are Hopeful United States Will Relax Its Immigration Quota." I shall not take the time of the Senate to read the entire article. but I hope that every reader of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD will take time to do so. It informs us that hundreds of thousands of Italians want to come to the United States. want to make their homes here. I ask unanimous consent that the article may be printed in the RECORD at this point as a part of my remarks.