Mr. Speaker. I want to add my voice in support of the Presidents action in vetoing the McCarranWalter immigration bill. The President acted bravely and humanely. He acted in the best American traditions and in the best interests of the American people. While the aim of the McCarranWalter measure was to codify and revise our immigration and naturalization laws. the bill as it was actually presented to us proposes to write into basic legislation the most discriminatory and restrictive immigration policy this country has ever known. The bill also contains major threats to .our civil liberties. to the promulgation of our foreign policy. and to our democratic way of life. For these reasons I voted against this measure when it first came up in the House last April. and I shall vote to sustain the Presidents veto.
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