Oh. yes. a prosecution Is under way in New York against those who are charged as heads of the Communist Party with activities which would destroy America by force and violence. I understand from the press today that there has been started in the District of Columbia. the Capital City of the Nation. the trial of a person charged with taking information from the files of the Government with the intention of giving it to one who would transmit it to a nation that would use It to the injury of the United States. We read today in the press of America that there are those who come here upon diplomatic visas for the express purpose of obtaining information which will be of assistance to the countries from which they come. Not long ago I had occasion to look into a matter dealing with persons who come here upon visasyes. persons who came here. let us say. under the advice and counsel of the State Departmentin order that they might go to the great State of Michigan and there work in factories and with machinery of a kind which. when developed in Russia. could be used later against the United States of America. They came here upon visas. I say. diplomatic visas. They were permitted to go to the State of Michigan. and into the city of Buchanan. to work in a factory. in order that they might learn all about Americas industry. so far as that particular company was concerned. and later to return to their native land and there employ their knowledge. But. Mr. President. if an American citizen desired to go to Russia to obtain the same kind of information. he would not be able to get a visa. When only a few weeks ago. persons came from abroad to attend a peace conference in New York City. they came upon visas. But. in August 1947. when applications were made by Senators of the United States to go to Russia to visit the American Embassy. visas were refused. So I say the time has come in America when we must have reciprocity in the granting of visas. When foreign governments will not allow Americans to enter or travel in their countries. the time has come when we should prohibit travel visas to their nationals under similar circumstances. The time has come. Mr.
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Generalizing that people who come on visas are obtaining information to harm the US.