Speech #870185797

I do not think so. It is true they are German documents. but they have a ring of accuracy about them. In addition they are substantiated by the Immigration hearings. Various prominent Rumanian witnesses appeared before immigration officials to testify that Malaxa was the financial backer of the Iron Guard. Among these witnesses was Alexander Cretzianu. former Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs for the Rumanian Government. also Marion Novotny. who testified that he had seen Iron Guardsmen enter Malaxas home to obtain arms stored there for use of the Iron Guard. Max Ausnit. a leading Rumanian industrialist. also identified Malaxa as the financial mainstay of the Iron Guard. Now here is another amazing point. Malaxa would not answer questions on these and other tender points when he appeared before the Immigration Service. In effect. he took the fifth amendment. On such vital questions as whether he was affiliated with the Iron Guard. as to whether he had the backing of the Communist government after the war in Rumania. as to whether he had worked with the Nazis during the war. on all these points Malaxa stood silent. Can you imagine an ordinary criminal being admitted into the United States when he took the fifth amendment? Yet this man who helped to perpetrate crimes far worse than those of an ordinary criminal would not answer questions. yet he has been allowed to remain here. I am informed that the distinguished chairman of the Immigration Subcommittee. the gentleman from Pennsylvania. has done his best to try to secure the deportation of this alienwithout success. I know that the distinguished gentleman from New York. the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. has publicly branded this alien as a Communist and has told how Malaxa used political influence to remain in the United States. These are influential and able gentlemen and I cannot understand why their advice has not been listened to. I know that the Immigration Service has recommended deportation. But this deportation has not been carried out. The Immigration Service has been overruled. I cannot understand why. Why are we permitting this manwho was seriously implicated with the murder of some 10.000 Rumanian Jewsto remain living in wealth and luxury on Fifth Avenue while the Jewish world mourns its dead?