Speech #830001777

The Commission has deemed it proper to recommend many of the very things which the new law does. without apparently noticing that flagrant plagiarism is being committed in the process. For instance. the Commission recommends the repeal of all oriental exclusion clauses.. full equality for all races. equality of both sexes. the enactment of provisions helping to unite familiesnonquota status for spouses and children of American citizens. and so forth. All of these recommendations are parts of the Immigration and Nationality Act. now embodied in our statutes. but by recommending them. the Commission is obviously trying to engage in a onesided popularity contest with the United States Congress. However. when it comes to spreading all over the world malicious propaganda aimed at presenting the United States Congress as a villainous enemy of European refugees and prospective emigrants. the Commission has successfully exceeded the venomous language used by Radio Moscow. which in commenting on the oMcCarranWalter Act referred to those who "unmasked" the new law in Americapage 52 of the report. Faithful to its political character. the Commission has shown very little respect for facts and even less respect for what we lawyers call evidence of probative value. It is truly amazing to see how completely the Commission has disregarded every judicial rule of collecting and presenting evidence.