American Committee on Italian Migration. rather than writing me directly for comment. inserted an open letter to me in Fra Noi in the April 1965 issue which was based on a false premise and would definitely mislead the readers who were extended an invitation by the newspaper to send the open letter to me with a notation. "These are my sentiments too." with the signature and address of the sendor. The open letter by Mr. De Serto was so written that it created inferences and innuendos which made it appear that I and some of my Republican colleagues in Illinois were against liberalized quotas and other provisions to amend our immigration laws. where Mr. De Serto knowsand so do all nationality groups interested in immigration knowof my record for liberalized immigration quotas as noted in my Senate bill. S. 21781959which was killed in a Democratic controlled Congress. It seems unnecessary for me. a son of immigrant parents. whose strong record in helping the passage of civil rights legislation in 1957. 1960. 1964. and 1965. whose continuous efforts to get passage of Senate resolutions of freeing captives behind the Iron Curtain as expressed in Senate Concurrent Resolutions 6 and 10. and whose strong activity in liberalized immigration bills. to enumerate my record as to favorable liberalized immigration laws. but I shall do so even though many nationality groups and religious faiths have honored me with plaques and citations for my efforts on immigration. For example. Mr.
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