Speech #880146091

Mr. Speaker. a misleading article appeared in the New York Times on January 14. 1964. on the status in Congress of administration proposals for revision of our immigration policy. That article. written by Tom Wicker. attempted to portray me as holding up a fullscale congressional review of immigration policy and therefore the prime opponent of new legislation. I quote the false charge in the Wipker story: An administration source said Mr. Feighan was the prime opponent to new legislation. After reading that false but planted charge. I telephoned the White House and spoke to Mr. Myer Feldman. Deputy Special Counsel to the President. and asked him if that charge represented the thinking of the Johnson administration.