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    "ocrText": "STATEMENT IN REGARD TO THE\nMcCARRAN-WALTER OMNIBUS IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION BILL\nWashington, D. C.\nMarch 19, 1952\nJARRY\nTRUMAN\nNATIONAL\nBECORDAND\nLIBRARY\nSERVICE\nGOVERNMENT\nMembers of the following 23 organizations met in Washington on Tuesday,\nMarch 18, 1952, and agreed unanimously to a declaration condemning the campaign\nnow being waged by a small group of other organizations against the omnibus im-\nmigration and naturalization bills (s. 2550, introduced in the Senate by Senator\nPat McCarran of Nevada, and H. R. 5678, introduced in the House by Representative\nFrancis E. Walter of Pennsylvania), which would effect a much-needed revision and\ncodification of the existing laws on the subject. These bills have been favor-\nably reported by the Judiciary Committees of the Congress.\nContrary to the statements which have been circulated against these bills,\nthey have actually been the subject of extended public hearings by a Joint Com-\nmittee of the Senate and the House of Representatives, at which all persons, in-\ncluding representatives of all organizations throughout the country, were invited\nto testify, and at which representatives of the few organizations now opposing\nthe bills actually testified.\nContrary to what the minority group opposing these bills would have the pub-\nlic believe, these bills are not new, but are the last in a succession of earlier\nbills introduced in Congress during the last three years and based upon a four-\nyear examination and study of the existing statutes by the Senate and House Judi-\nciary Committees, at an expense of over a quarter of a million dollars.\nContrary to the representations made by the small group opposing these bills,\nall of the various executive departments of the Government interested in the\nbills have been heard by the congressional committees which have reported them\nfavorably to the House and Senate. Since the letter of the Department of State\nwas written, approving in principle the provisions of H. R. 5678, the representa-\ntives of that Department have suggested only two changes in that bill, one of\nwhich was adopted and is now incorporated in the bill as revised and printed.\nThe other suggested change was considered and rejected by the House subcommittee.\nThe members of the organizations listed below urge the small group opposing\nthese bills to lay aside their present campaign to prevent floor consideration,\nand let the bills speak for themselves. We respectfully urge the members of Con-\ngress to adhere to the American system of majority rule in order that these bills\nmay be brought up in Congress for action on their merits. A majority vote should\ndetermine whether the proposed bills should become law.\nThe members of the following organizations earnestly favor the prompt enact-\nment of the legislation proposed in the McCarran-Walter Bills, as reported by the\nJudiciary Committees; and, because of the urgency of the situation involved, this\nmethod of presenting the subject was adopted."
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