Speech #790106190

What they did in war was nothing commensurate to their 400.000.000 population. According to the information we have. the British had more soldiers in India to keep the Indians from rebelling and uprising than they had to fight the Japs. and we kept thousands of soldiers in India to help the British keep down the uprising of their own subjects. Some small groups of Asiatic Indians glorified themselves in this great war. It seems to me if you are going to establish any real friendship with India. bring the American boys home from India. We have helped free India. Our boys should not be kept there now to help police India. and so long as the United States joins with the British to police India and keep her in subjection. this gesture of breaking down our immigration laws will not create friendship between the United States and India. We are told that in order to develop and hold the friendship of the people of India we must set aside our immigration laws and permit the people of India to come into this country and permit the thousands already here to become citizens. and permit other people of India to come in. We have given to India and other countries in this great war. in lendlease and in other ways. $50.000.000.000. and -have added to our national debt $250.000Oo.0".00 more. and there have been killed or wounded and missing 1.100.000 American boys. not counting those whose health will be ruined because of this war. Every day the proposition is made here that we must do much more in order to hold the friendship of India.