Speech #880197579

I have tried wholeheartedly to cooperate with the gentleman from Ohio. but somehow or another he has spurned every effort I have made to work peacefully with him. He has his own reasons and It is indeed a pity that he has brought his unwarranted fulminations against me into this Chamber. For example. the gentleman said that I have never allowed him any subpenas in his capacity as the chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and Nationality. In his work of inquiry. That is not true. That is as false as chalk is to cheese. I can give all sorts of documentary proof In reference thereto. The gentleman speaks of. a long overdue study on immigration. as though the late lamented Francis Walter. his predecessor. sat on his hands and accomplished nothing as chairman of the subcommittee as to policy on immigration. on which the gentleman from Ohio dilated. I hold in my hand some 15 or 16 studies showing a most exhaustive effort on the part of the Subcommittee on Immigration headed by his predecessor. Francis Walter. when the gentleman from Pennsylvania was a member of the subcommittee. during all the months of mature study on all phases of immigration. I will give some of these phases: "Study of Population and Immigration Problems in the United States." "Study of Population and Immigration Problems of the World." "Asian Populations." "Trends in Canadian Populations." "The Demographic Position of the Caribbean." "The Growth of Population in Central and South America." "The Population of Western Europe." "Immigration to the United States. as presented by the Immigration and Naturalization Service." "Nonimmigrant Visa Issuance and Registered Demand for Quota Immigrant Visas." "Refugees and International Migration." "Admission of Aliens Into the United States for Temporary Employment." "Commuter Workers." "Study of Population and Immigration Problems." "Inquiry into the Alien Medical Examination Program of the U.S. Public Health Service." "Inquiry into the Entries of Aliens Under Administration Discretionary (parole) Authority." "Inquiry into the Selection. Security Screenings. Admission. Emergency Care. and Resettlement of Cuban Refugees in the United States." "Inquiry into the Enlistment of Nationals of the Republic of the Philippines in the U.S. Navy. and the U.S. Coast Guard." "Judicial Decisions Construing Certain Provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act." Those are only a few of the studies that were made by the Subcommittee on Immigration. To say that there has been no consideration of the policy on Immigration is a sad disparagement of the gentlemans predecessor. Mr. Francis Walter.