I do not think we can afford to see enacted into law so many mischievous and troublemaking provisions just in order to get partial lifting of certain racial restrictions. however desirable that may be. We must bear in mind that the McCarran bill. as passed. reflects a basic discrimination against peoples from eastern and southern Europe. it reflects a basio discrimination against Negroes. It has the potentialities of slamming the door shut upon all but a trickle of immigration into this country. It makes easy the deportation of thousands of people who should not be deported. It makes denaturalization an everyday possibility for naturalized citizens. It creates a great class of secondclass citizens in our country. I am proud of the part I have been able to play in helping lead the fight against this measure. in bringing the incipient evils in the bill to the attention of the Senate and of the public.
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