Speech #830145349

But. for the foreign nations. not for our own country. When the President requested last year that 250.000 extra foreigners be admitted to the United States. he put it on the grounds of international political considerations. Just a few months before. one of the greatest controversies in congressional history had ended with the passage. after years of study and consideration. of the McCarranWalter Act and with what was thought to be a settlement of the immigration problem for a time. Under such circumstances and with unemployment staring us in the face. what nation or group of nations. what foreigner or group of foreigners were so indispensable to our country and its future that the President would. so early after the conclusion of the historic struggle over the McCarranWalter Act. use the tremendous influence of his office on Congress to violate its terms and let 250.000 extra immigrants come here. Some of our surplus agricultural products are being kept off the world markets solely because of international political considerations. As a result. they either must be dumped. given away. or allowed to rot. all at the taxpayers expense.