As the Senator from Oregon undoubtedly knows. legislation pertaining to immigration always arouses a great deal of controversy on the part of organizations and individuals. Therefore. under the chairmanship of the junior Senator from Massachusetts. the subcommittee conducted many weeks of hearings and heard many individuals and organizations speak both for and against abolition of the national origins quota system. We had to make decisions relative to changes in the immigration laws and matters of procedure. and the subcommittee reached the conclusion that it would be best. in order to get effective action. to have a bill which would be confined entirely to admission to the United States of immigrants for permanent residence and ultimate citizenship. Therefore. the bill has been confined to that one field. The Senator from New York. who has done much studying in this field. made a valuable contribution to the work of the Judiciary Committee. both in the degree in which he advocated certain suggestions and his forbearance in advocating others. He agreed with the committee that it would be better not to go beyond the field of admission of immigrants for permanent residence into the United States. and to leave for later. matters dealing with procedure. deportation. and naturalization. By his forbearance. he contributed greatly to the success of the committee in reporting the present bill. Let me assure the Senator from Oregon that not only will I do all I can to schedule speedy hearings on the deportation bill at the next session of Congress. but that I have already notified the organizations interested in the judicial review bill that we are going to hold hearings speedily in the early part of the next session. I hope that the Senator from Oregon will be there as a witness at the hearings.
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