Speech #810325021

I discussed the principal provisions of the bill and the facts which prompted the incorporation of those provisions in the bill. Thereafter. a day or so later. because of the intensive propaganda campaign which is being waged by the Department of State against one segment of the bill. I felt compelled to elaborate on that particular segment of the bill which is designed to strengthen the administration of the law insofar as it relates to the issuance of visas and passports. I now note that an amendment has been offered which would strike from the bill this segment which is designed to strengthen the administration of the law insofar as it relates to the issuance of visas and passports. Because of the importance of this segment of the bill. I now invite the attention of the Senate to excerpts from the testimony of officials of the Department of State who testified before the Immigration Subcommittee. Here is an excerpt from the testimony before the Immigration Subcommittee of Mr. John E. Peurifoy. who until recently was Assistant Secretary of Statepage 337 of the printed hearings: QUESTION. Does the Department have a recollection of any case in the course of the last 5 years where a visa has been withheld from a person applying as an affiliate of an international organization. or as an affiliate of a foreign government. upon the basis of security reports transmitted to the Department?