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OCR Page 1 of 3(COPY)
UNITED STATES SENATE
Committee on
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Labor and Public Welfare
and
March 20, 1952
Mr. Richard E. Neustadt
Special Assistant in the
White House Office
Room 230, Executive Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Dick:
My comments and suggestions on the draft of the message will fall
into two classifications:
(1) Relationship between this message and other immigration
legislation;
(2) Presentation of the main subject matter of the message
itself.
Under (1) I make the following suggestions:
On page 2, paragraph 1, eliminate the words"on a limited and
temporary basis." These words are unnecessary and definitely exclude the
possibility of using unused quotas for this purpose.
On page 14, line 7, eliminate "temporary."
On page 15, make first new paragraph read as follows: *While the
admission of these particular groups, by nationality, should constitute a
temporary program of limited duration, it could well be fitted into desirable
permanent changes in our present immigration quota system if the Congress
finds itself able to make such changes at this session.
On page 15, change lines 11 and 12 to read: "Congress will wish
to keep those questions in mind when it takes up the question of our overall
immigration laws.
On page 15, change 3rd new paragraph to read: "Action on the
emergency problem, however, is needed this year. The emergency program
should not be deferred if Congress cannot agree at this session on desirable
improvements in our whole system of immigration. In no event should this
vital emergency program be tied to or associated with new restrictive changes
in our permanent immigration laws-changes which would, in themselves,
hamper or nullify the operation of the emergency program."
(2) Throughout the message there is undue and unnecessary prior
emphasis on the German portion of the emergency program. This will affront
many of our friends without securing any additional support. The entire
presentation seems to be pitched on the German ethnics rather than on the
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