Speech #850097030

Joseph R. Farrington Community Auditorium. June 27. 1957. which was approved unanimously. in observance and celebration of the fifth anniversary of the enactment of the McCarranWalter Act: Whereas the WalterMcCarran Immigration and Nationality Act was enacted on June 27. 1952. and all laws relating to immigration. naturalization. and nationality became part of one comprehensive statute for the first time in the history of the United States. and Whereas said act advances the fundamental American principle of the equality of man by removing a sweeping and inequitable ground for the exclusion of immigrants long present in previous statute. namely. the racial origin of the immigrant. and Whereas said act further provides that "the right of a person to become a naturalized citizen of the United States shall not be denied or abridged because of race". and Whereas said act has further enabled many persons of elderly years who have resided in the United States during a substantial part of their adult lives and who owe undivided allegiance to the United States to acquire the status and privilege of United States citizenship: Now. therefore. be it Resolved. That we who are here assembled in the Joseph R. Farrington Auditorium in Honolulu. T. H.. on June 27. 1957. to observe and celebrate the fifth anniversary of the enactment of the WalterMcCarran Immigration and Nationality Act do hereby reunite in a vote of appreciation to and confidence in United States Representative FRANCIS E. WALTER. of Pennsylvania. and do further commend the devotion and courage he is showing in fighting to preserve and advance the foregoing principles. be it further Resolved. That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Honorable FRANCIS E.