This. we believe. will help. because it will bring here those who have some ties. those who can be guided by persons who have been here In the past. It will also help in connection with the housing problem of the people who are to come to these shores. Last. but not least. we believe we should screen these people very carefully so that they will fit into our economic. political. and industrial life in America. because we believe that in the past immigration was a question in the jurisdiction of Congress. and that it now should be studied and decisions made by Congress. Not that we do not want to give all a haven. for we do. but they must fit into the pattern which Congress will lay down. so that we can set an example for the rest of the world. The next section deals with those who are to screen these persons. who are to determine who shall come to America from among the displaced persons. It is provided in the bill that the Secretary of State and the Attorney General shall have authority. acting jointly. to prescribe appropriate regulations for the administration of the act. and that the President is authorized to use such agencies in the executive branch of the Government as he deems necessary to carry out the purpose of the act. The two Cabinet officers referred to. the Secretary of State and the Attorney General. should be able. under the immigration laws which now exist. to screen all persons so that we shall not receive in this nonquota immigration any who are subversive to our institutions. whether they be Communists. whether they be Nazis. or persons in any way opposed to our institutions. or desiring to overthrow our Government. Therefore. Mr.
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