Speech #880050223

The Congressman from Pennsylvania. whose death all of us here so deeply mourn knew no lawful and legislative limits to a constitutionally correct onslaught upon fascism or communism. It made no difference to him when either threatened the peace of this land. whether the threat was formidable. as it was insidious. or whether the threat was halfconcealed and merely the pusilanimous connivings of cellarhiding mischiefmakers. By the same token our colleague held out the hand of legislative friendship and acceptability to refugees and emigrants when it was a matter of decency and compassion and not a matter of fighting infiltrating foreign enemies. It was Representative WALTER. after all. who made possible passage of immigration and refugee legislation for which as recently as 1962 he was cited with applause by the U.S. Committee for Refugees. But it is wrong to assume that the life and activities of Congressman WALTER centered upon our Communist and Fascist enemies or was concerned with merely the periphery legislation that these enemies of our country evoked. The range of Representative WALTERS legislative accomplishments went further and beyond this field and was effective and beneficial in the whole range of congressional legislation over the decades.