Mr. Hamish Scott MacKay and Mr. William Mackie. were deported to Canada and Finland. respectively. without a trial by jury. The exile of these two men has injured the U.S. prestige abroad and dimmed the shining example of democracy that the United States holds up to the world. These men are accused of membership in the Communist Party over 25 years ago at a time when such membership was not grounds for deportation. Passage of the WalterMcCarran law in 1952 provided this belated punishment. We. the undersigned citizens of the United States. petition our Senators to do all they can to see that Hamish MacKay and William Mackie are returned to their true homeland and reunited with their families where they belong. particularly by supporting the private bills (S. 420 and S. 421) that have been Introduced by Senator WAYNE MORSE. of Oregon for this purpose. We further petition them to introduce and support a bill to revise the WalterMcCarran law which was responsible for their cruel deportation. to the effect that all foreign born residents of the United States having legally entered this country cannot be deported after a residence of 5 years. Bessie Konz. Joseph Konz.
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