Speech #880197772

I move to strike out the last word. Mr. Chairman. the gentleman from Ohio has outlined that he is asking for $160.000 for a joint committee that is created under section 401 of the Immigration and Naturalization Act known as the McCarranWalter Act. His statement to the House. was that since 1921 there had not been a thorough study made of immigration and naturalization law. I am sure the gentleman did not mean to mislead the House in that regard. President Roosevelt In 1938 appointed a cabinet committee that made a study of the immigration problem at that time. Then again in 1940. under the leadership of Representative Rees of Kansas an additional hearing was conducted and then the Committee on the Judiciary of the House and of the Senate under the leadership of Senator McCarran and Senator Revercomb investigated or made another report which consists of innumerable pages. In fact this was a 924page report plus 26 pages of an index dealing with the immigration and naturalization problem. Then in 1952 we adopted the McCarranWalter Act and again in 1952 President Truman appointed a special Presidents Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. They came forward with a report of over 2.000 pages. In 1955 we had another investigation under the socalled Lloyd Wright Committee and the Members from this House were the Honorable WILLIAM MCCULLOCH and the late Francis Walter. A report was made in connection with that investigation. Then on the anniversary of the enactment of the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1953 we had additional reports. As Chairman CELLER outlined. more than 10 special reports have been given from time to time. The gentleman from Ohio (Mr.