Speech #890160606

Despite the clear defeat of August 4. the minority leader soon introduced an additional form of the resolution. slightly altered to give the appearance of meeting the objections raised to the earlier resolution. As I shall develop in a moment. this third or fourth version is decidedly no improvement and raises many more questions than the revisions answer. It is well understood and frankly admitted that when the Judiciary Committee again refused to support the resolution with a majority vote. the minority leader refused to permit action on another important bill pending before the committee. the Immigration Act and let it be known he would continue to block the favorable report on that bill until such time as sufficient votes were supplied to report to the Senate. without recommendation. the resolution proposing the 1man. 10votes constitutional amendment. One member of the committee who felt deeply about the need for the Immigration Act therefore changed his vote on the constitutional amendment and voted to report it. although he announced at that time that he would vote against the amendment on the Senate floor. Mr. President. because this issue is of such Immense and fundamental Importance to the character of representative government in the United States.