The arguments he advanced were the same old ones he dragged through the House last year and which he could not use this year In the House because they had been exposed as unfounded and pernicious in intent. Nevertheless. the Member from Brooklyn has extracted his price. He has prevailed in his efforts to strangle the purposes of the Joint Committee. to prevent the Joint Committee from carrying out its statutory responsibilities. to prevent the Congress from establishing control over immigration policy. The gentleman from Brooklyn when confronted with the truth is given to falling back upon what he calls the thunder of his silence. He likens himself to Thor in Norse mythologythe god of thunder who carried the magic hammer. the thunderbolt.
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