President. the senior Senator from Nevada has been the object of one of the most contemptible conspiracies I have ever witnessed as a United States Senator. As chairman of the subcommittee which is considering displacedpersons proposed legislation. the senior Senator from Nevada has been threatened by powerful cliques that if he does not promptly cause to be reported from his subcommittee certain displacedpersons proposed legislation the subcommittee will be discharged from further consideration of the bills. That threat was recently supplemented by a move within the Senate Committee on the Judiciary to discharge the immigration subcommittee from the further consideration of displacedpersons proposed legislation. I was proud. Mr. President. to be associated in the vote on the matter within the committee with those who defeated the motion. It is not my purpose today to defend either the senior Senator from Nevada or the action of the subcommittee which is considering the immigration bills. because neither he nor the subcommittee needs defense. His record and the record of the subcommittee are clear. The subcommittee has. over the course of the last several months. been conscientiously and assiduously developing the facts regarding the gigantic problem of displaced persons. and has been attempting to separate facts from fiction. I commend the senior Senator from Nevada and his subcommittee for the courage which he and the subcommittee have displayed in withstanding the terrific pressure of powerful groups who would set themselves up in the place of the Congress of the United States in determining the immigration policy of this Nation. Just one of these groups. Mr.
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