But in considering the question of possible verbiage and possible questions of jurisdiction. and other matters. it occurred to me it would be well to ask the Senator from West Virginia to yield to me. which he has so courteously. to answer certain questions which I put to him. so we could develop the field or .the scope of the Investigation. the scope of the interests of other committees of the Senate in these matters. and ask him directly whether he would be in favor of inviting members of other committees to become a part of the investigating committee. It seemed to me it would be the wise policy. without precipitating a discussion of the particular form of amendment. to accept at face value what the Senator from West Virginia has said so fairly. and to say we are looking to him to take this responsibility. with the full understanding of what we all feel in this matter should be the scope of the investigation and should be the approach to the problem. I cannot help but feel that the Senator from West Virginia believes that his responsibility is to see to it that the bars are not let down to let in undesirable aliens. My point of view is that I want to do everything I can to see if it is not possible for the United States to cooperate with the other nations of the world by lifting the bars to let in desirable people from abroad. subject. of course. to all our immigration restrictions. My approach is entirely positive. I want to make it clear that I am urging on my distinguished friend from West Virginia. with all the sincerity I can. the principle of recognizing that these people who have been displaced in foreign countries have been put into concentration camps not because they were the scum of the earth but because they had the courage of their convictions and were willing to endure persecution and imprisonment because they believed in certain fundamentals with respect to which they were not willing to yield.
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Generalization about 'undesirable aliens'