It has extended to the field of legislation as well. I will cite only one instance. In 1952. after 5 years of the most thorough Investigation. a Democratic Congress passed and repassed over President Trumans veto the McCarranWalter Immigration Act. If ever a piece of legislation was thoroughly studied and prepared. this was one. And yet. since coming to office. you have used your great influence with Congress to render this law to a large extent nugatory. There was published in the May 1953 issue of Readers Digest a splendid article by Representative FRANcIs E. WALTER. one of the authors of the act. entitled "The Truth About the Immigration Act." The article ends with the following quotation: "The aim of the opponents of this law is not to better its execution or revise its provisions but to destroy it. The issue thereby raised is clear. Are we to have an immigration policyimpossible of fulfillment--based primarily on the desires of Europe? Or are we to have a policy which is based primarily on what is good for America?" According to a press dispatch of July 23. 1953. Representative WALTER. who has opposed the attempt to destroy the McCarranWalter Act. said: "The pressure from the White House is stronger than any Ive seen in my 21 years in Congress and by far the most effective." Perhaps you feel that you are better able to decide these important questions than the Congress But would you feel that all future Presidents would be equally well qualified?
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