Speech #820209763

Whether the Daily Worker is for or against the McCarran bill. I have not the slightest Idea. but I shall take the word of those who say the Daily Worker is opposed to the McCarran bill. I do know. however. because I have had letters and communications from them. that the American Bar Association Committee on Aliens and Naturalization is vigorously opposed to portions of S. 2550. I know that they oppose those portions which have emasculated the Administrative Procedures Act. and have denied due process of law. known as hearing and review. I also know that the American branch of international social service is opposed to this bill. or portions of it. I also know that the American Civil Liberties Union opposes this bill. and that the American Federation of International Institutes. the American Friends Service Committee. the American Jewish Congress. the Americans for Democratic Action. the AntiDefamation League of Bnai Brith. the Association of Immigration and Nationality Lawyers oppose at least portions of Senate bill 2550. and. in many instances. the whole of it. I also know that the National Catholic Rural Life Conference went on record in opposition to portions of this bill. I know that the National Council of Jewish Women went on record as being opposed to substantial portions of Senate bill 2550. I know that the National Catholic Welfare Conference. the National Council on Naturalization and Citizenship. the Order of the Sons of Italy in America. the Synagogue Council of America. the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. the Young Womens Christian Association. as well as the United Service for New Americans. and others are opposed to the McCarran bill. Again. editorials in the Washington Post and the New York Times have expressed opposition to this measure. Editorials from other leading newspapers throughout the country have pointed out the very weaknesses in Senate bill 2550. which the Senator from New York so brilliantly pointed out. and which the Senator from Rhode Island this afternoon so ably discussed. I do not think the burden of proof rests entirely upon those of us who are opposed to this measure. I suggest to the members of the Committee on the Judiciary that. when a bill is presented to this body. the least we should be permitted to have is a sectionbysection analysis of the bill. which we have not had. in terms of debate. I suggest that this measure. complicated as it is. requires most painstaking. careful analysis. because we are considering placing into the public statutes a complete reevaluation. restatement. and rewriting of the immigration laws. Mr. President.