The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States had invaded the rights of the States in the field of education far enough. without giving legislative sanction to further abuses in the guise of Federal cooperation. Sixth. Bill to permit 245.000 additional immigrants from countries behind the Iron Curtain: In the preceding Congress. I supported the McCarranWalter Act. which was intended to place further admission of immigrants on an orderly basis. favor nationalities which had demonstrated their assimilability. and recognize that a population deficiency no longer exists in our Nation. It was and is my conviction that this law. properly administered. could give adequate effect to our humanitarian impulses. while endeavoring to safeguard our national interests. I could not support a proposal for the early admission of large numbers of persons from behind the Iron Curtain. outside the quotas provided in existing law and with the inherent danger of welcoming many subversive agents cloaked as refugees. Seventh. Bill to change the number of members of Tariff Commission so as to give one political party a majority: The Tariff Commission has always been bipartisan. and should have continued to be.
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