Speech #810210842

I certainly am not opposing the displacedpersons bill on account of numbers. because the numbers do not matter. As a matter of fact. I would be the last person in the world to fight the admission into this great Nation of good. decent. honest people. because my wife happens to be an immigrant. She came to the United States from a foreign country. However. I am condemni--g. and I shall do so with all the strength at my command. the procedure of taking the word of the International Refuge Organization as to who is an eligible displaced person. when Almanza Tripp. head of the immigration detail in Europe. has testified before the committee that of the 137.000 displaced persons who have come to the United States under the present displacedpersons law. 30.000 of them are of doubtful eligibility. I shall continue to fight for the admission into the United States of persons who will make good American citizens. However. I know that good American citizens cannot be madeout of blackmarket racketeers who are being brought into the United States under the displacedpersons lawblackmarket racketeers in coffee. in sugar. in cigarettes. and in practically every other commodity. When Colonel Blackshear and Major General Bolling tell us that the displacedpersons camps in Europe are full of Communist activities. I want someone to have the power of veto over the IRO and the Displaced Persons Commission. and I want that power to be had by the consular and immigration officials of the United States. so that there will be admitted into the United States the good. honest. and decent displaced persons who will fit into our economy and will make good American citizens.