Speech #810154767

Several orgafizations are vitally interested in this subject. A number of Government departments are vitally interested. There is the Immigration and Naturalization Service. The Immigration and Naturalization Service says that the Celler bill is a bad bill and should not be passed. Yet we are asked to vote for it in the Senate without hearings and without knowledge on the subject. The United States Consular Service. with representatives on the continent of Europe. which Service gives visas to immigrants who desire to come to this country. says that the Celler bill is a bad bill and should not be passed. In addition. the representatives of the Displaced Persons Commission in Europe. the very Commission which would administer the act. the very men in Europe who would administer the Celler bill. say that it is a bad bill and should not be passed. Yet. in the face of that. in the absence of printed hearings. in the absence of a report from the committee. and while the chairman of the committee. under leave of the Senate. is spending 3 weeks in Europe getting information for the Senate. in the closing days of this session of Congress we are asked to rush the bill through.