Speech #820213999

I think it is important to note that there are 16 sections of the pending bill which have the strong opposition of the Catholic organizations which held a general session for the discussion of the measure known as the McCarran bill. I read from the press release of March 12. 1952: By invitation of the executive department. National Catholic Welfare Conference. a meeting was held in Washington on March 3 for the purpose of discussing the broad aspects of the immigration sit. uation. services to refugees. and the outlook regarding future immigration into the United States. Present were representatives of the legal department and Bureau of Immigration. NCWC. the National Council of Catholic Men and National Council of Catholic Women. War Relief Services. NCWC. Catholic Committee for Refugees. and the National Conference of Catholic Charities. Of special importance in the discussions was the question of arriving at a unified policy for continued collaboration with the Protestant. Jewish. and other groups who have labored so zealously and with great success in servicing the refugees from Europe and are lending their efforts toward creating a more democratic and Christian attitude toward immigrant people. From there on this entire statement. which I shall not put into the RECORD. but of which I make note. contains a series of recommendations for amendment of the McCarran bill. Some of the. amendments we have offered embody those recommendations.