Rev. Thaddeus F. Gullixson. president of the Lutheran Theological Seminary of St. Paul and chairman of the Lutheran Resettlement Service. was a member of the Presidents Commission on Immigration and Naturalization which unanimously condemned the McCarran Act. The National Lutheran Council. representing 4 million church members of 8 denominations. requested Congress to rewrite the McCarran Act when it met recently at its 35th annual convention at Atlantic City. The National Council of Catholic Women met recently in Washington. This organization adopted a statement of principles calling for an immediate change in the McCarran Act. The National Board of Young Womens Christian Association likewise adopted a resolution on February 6. attacking the McCarranWalter Act as manifestly unfair.
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