Speech #860285577

That hearings by the Conmittee on UnAmerican Activities or a subcommittee thereof. to be held in Puerto Rico. in New York City. and elsewhere as the chairman may direct. on such date or dates as the chairman may determine. be authorized and approved. including the conduct of investigations deemed reasonably necessary by the staff in preparation therefor. relating to the following matters and having the legislative purposes indicated: "1. Entry and dissemination in Puerto Rico of foreign Communist Party propaganda. the legislative purpose being to determine the necessity for. and advisability of amendments to the Foreign Agents Registration Act designed more effectively to counteract the Communist schemes and devices now used in avoiding the prohibitions of the Act. " 2. Receipt of information relating to persons engaged in foreign travel. the legislative purpose being: -(a) Committee consideration of amendments to section 215 of the Immigration and Nationality Act as contained in title IXImmigration and Passport Securityof H.R. 2232. introduced on January 12. 1959. and referred by the House of Representatives to the Committee on UnAmerican Activities. "(b) Consideration of legislative recommendations expressing the will and intent of Congress spelled out in direct and positive form. granting authority to the Secretary of State to issue. withhold. or limit passports for international travel of adherents to the Communist Party. and the granting of specific statutory authority to the Secretary of State to issue substantive regulations in the passport field. as set forth in the annual reports of the Committee on UnAmerican Activities for the years 195658. "3. The extent. character. and objects of Communist infiltration and Communist Party propaganda activities in Puerto Rico. the legislative purpose being to add to the committees overall knowledge on the subject so that the Congress may be kept informed and thus prepared to enact remedial legislation in the national defense and for internal security. " 4. The execution by the administrative agencies concerned of all laws and regulations relating to the Internal Security Act. the Communist Control Act. the Foreign Agents Registration Act.