President. We speak of adding to the existing quota and nonquota list 50.000 more displaced persons who have to be screened. We are putting that additional work on the Immigration Bureau. or whatever department of the Government is to handle the question. We do not want it done in any lax way. and I hope that none of us here will be carried away by emotion. by false charges or prejudice. or any similar phony claim. We all know that we are all descendants of immigrants who came to the new world and found in it a paradise of opportunity. I know that there are other potential immigrants now in Europe who could render wonderful account of themselves and could make real contributions to our land. but there are also in Europe Soviet agents and others of extremely questionable loyalty and extremely questionable value to our land. For the sake of the worthy DPs whose name would be tarnished by the other group to which I have referred. for the sake of our own country. I ask that my colleagues give their very careful consideration to this legislation and arrive at their judgment on the basis of the facts and the merits of the case.
Identified stereotypes
Some DPs are Soviet agents or of questionable loyalty.