Speech #830165721

I distinctly remember the days when Sam Dickstein joined me in the early sessions of the 68th Congress. He was in his middle thirties. in the prime of life. enthusiastic. and raring -to go. He soon became a member of the Committee on Immigration and finally achieved the chairmanship of that committee. He supported manyliberal immigration bills and was ever the champion of the newly arrived. He knew that much of the strength of our Nation was drawn from our immigrants. He knew that we had achieved the highest standard of living that civilization has ever known. and knew that this was because we had siphoned off the best of the brain and brawn of peoples everywhere. That thought was the lodestar he followed. and as a result many fine pieces of legislation bear the honored name of Dickstein.