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tells of the intensive effort being made to alter the law. He says: "Spearheaded by the Communists. their fellow travelers. congressional liberals. and spokesmen for the socalled ethnic minority blocs. the assault on Americas immigration system is increasing in intensity every month. Attempts to amend or abolish the Immigration and Nationality Actgenerally referred to as the WalterMcCarran Acthave become standard operating procedure at every session of Congress since passage of the act in 1952. "In the closing hours of the Congress last year. those who are bent on wrecking our protective immigration system came within a hairs breath of accomplishing their job of destruction. On the very last day of the session. Senators ARTHUR WATKINs and EvERETT DIRKsEN. in an unprecedented move. appended to a routine bill a series of amendments which would have demolished the national origins quota system and opened the floodgates."