On March 9. according to an Associated Press wire report. the President personally intervened and requested the minority leader to influence action on the bills. Thereupon. on March 8. a hastily convened Rules Committee overruled its action of February 29. resulting in our consideration of this legislation at this moment. In view of repeated congressional rejection of this legislation. the question naturally suggests itself: What is the compelling reason for the persistence of the administration. first through the Attorney General. then by the Commissioner of Immigration. and now by the President himself. to secure their passage? I am sure that history will offer few precedents of personal intervention by the Chief Executive to press for the appointment of secondary officials in a Government agency. What is so unique about the qualifications of these two generals that makes their appointment as Assistant Commissioners of Immigration and Naturalization so vital? What is the reason that the executive branch is lavishing all of its attention on two obscure retired generals. who. by no stretch of the imagination. are in such dire economic straits as to be in urgent need of employment? I have received no answers to any of these questions.
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