Speech #850293736

Asia. and Africa. Communist Russia today is giving aid to those countries who they feel they can win away from the West both militarily and economically. The McCarranWalter Immigration Act. with its shocking inequities. still remains on our statute books despite all attempts to rewrite the law to make it conform with American ideals and principles and our professed desire to help the oppressed peoples of the world. who look to us for shelter. The immigration bill passed last year is a mere drop in the bucket. it does not touch the glaring hardships and unfair provisions in existing law. Chief of the inequities is the national origins quota system using the 1920 population census as a basis for setting quotas. This provision was deliberately intended to discriminate among aliens on the basis of race and nationality. It failed to end present discrimination against naturalized citizens. The inequitable McCarranWalter Act must be amended. and undoubtedly will be amended. so that in due time it will become a law that befits the stature of this country. long a haven of refuge. I voted for Alaskan statehood.