Speech #870166886

I would not mention 6his matter. but I shall never let a matter of politics cause me to hesitate to do what I believe should be done as a matter of justice due an American citizen. Regardless of whatever may be the political ideology of Mackie. I wish to say that the Immigration Service is guilty of rank injustice. and in the name of common justice it should be corrected by Congress. and this bill should be passed. and Mackie should be ordered back to the United States. and then le should be handled in the United States under whatever surveillance procedures the Congress wishes him to be made subject to. Because of the hour. Mr. President. I shall not take time now to discuss the MacKay case. that of another person who was deported. He was deported to Canada. because of the fact that at about the same time he. too. permitted himself to be drawn into various meetings. in Portland. Oreg.. which the immigration authorities found. through administrative proceedings. were Communistslanted. But he. too. has had many many years of lawful living in my State. and the same groups I have been discussing are protesting against the handling of the MacKay case. The Mackie and the MacKay cases have become causes c~l~bre in my State. and I plead with the Judiciary Committee to give us reports on those cases and thus permit us to decide. one way or another. whether the bills are meritorious.