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VOLUME 22—No. 17
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Demand 'Beginning' to End' Changes in McCarran Act
Measure's Racial Bias Atta
By Commission on Imm igrat i n
Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News
McCarran to Fight for Law
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With 'Last Ounce of Energy'
NEW YORK, (JTA)--Anticipating strong public opposition
to - the new immigration law . which he -"fathered," Senator Pat
MeCarran issued a statement denying that the law contains
racial bias; 'as charged by- President Truman, and emphasizing
that he will fight . opponents of the law "with the last ounce of
my. energy." The law, which became effective Dec. 24, -pro-
voked much criticism in this country and abroad.
Senator McCarran was especially abusive in. referring to the
report issued by the special commission appointed by Presi-
dent Truman to evaluate the new law's operation and to
recommend changes. He went out of his way to charge three
members of the President's Commission which is studying the
new immigration law with being associated with "Communist
front" organizations. The three are: Harry Rosenfield, former
member of the Displaced Persons Commission; Earl G. Harrison,
former U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Commissioner; and
Clarence Pickett, leader of the American Quakers.
It has been predicted that one of President-Elect Dwight
Eisenhower's first legislative moves may be 'a gesture in the
'direction of revision of some technicalities in the- Act. It is
not expected, however,- that the restrictive and reactionary
theme of the law will be effectively changed. Gen. Eisenhower
pledged during the campaign that he would revise the act "to
tet:the bigotry out of it."
The elimination of the term "race" from the new immigra-'
tion application forms- was urged by the American Jewish Corn-
mittee in a statement submitted to the President's Special Com-
mission on .Inunigration.
Senator Herbert H. Lehman assailed the McCarrOn immi-
gration law as an "act that bristles with hostility against the
alien and foreign-born."' He emphasized that its underlying
assumption is that "every alien is a potential saboteur an_d crim-
inal, and every potential immigrant must remain so branded
unless and until he can prove otherwise. The period of proof
does not end with his admission to the.United -States, nor even
with the time he becomes a citizen by naturalization."
Sen. Lehman spoke to 800 persons at the 57th Annual Gold
Medal Award Dinner of the Jewish War Veterans of the United
States of America in the Waldorf. Astoria. The veterans awarded
him their Gold Medal of Merit for 1952 for "exceptional contri-'
butions to the welfare and security of the United States and the
advancement of mankind's struggle for freedom and dignity."
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Moscow Says Zionism
Means U.S. Espionage
NEW YORK, (JTA)—In a- report from
Moscow passed by the Soviet censor,' the
New York Times revealed that the Com,
munist Party had issued instructions to its
political workers and propagandists to de-
fine Zionism as "a reactionary nationalist
trend of the Jewish bourgeoisie" that acts.
as "a faithful agency of American imperial-
ism" and engages in "carrying out espion-
age and subversive activities for the bene-
fit • of United States imperialists."
, The definition was published in -Agita-
tors Notebook, a bi-weekly pamphlet of
the Communist Party, issued primarily for
political workers and .containing authori-
tative statements of the party position on
questions of the day.
Panic in Czechoslovakia
Likened to Hitler Days
LONDON, (JTA) — "Among the 30,000
jeWs in Czechoslovakia there is a panic
comparable only to that which I saw the
day littler marched into Prague," British
foreign correspondent G.E.R. Gedye writes
in the Journal-Tribune, in a dispatch from
Vienna. The dispatch added that "now as
then there are many unreported ,suicides."
Mr. Geclye reported that "already ern-
pioyees of some government organizations
have been forced to `petition' for the dis-
missal, of all their Jewish colleagues."
The- Jews of Czechoslovakia have been
given -"due notice" that any contact with
official representatives of Israel will mean
'.treason .charge, the coerespondent de-
•9.red.
WASHINGTON-=The Commission. on Immigration and Naturalization which Presi-
dent Truman appointed some time ago to study the MgCarran ImmigrationtLaw on Tuers-
day completed its report, which will recommend to the President that the new immigra-
tion law which went into effect last week should be reconsidered and revised : "from be-
ginning to end."
The commission report is especially critical of the racial restrictions in the new im-
migration law It emphasizes that the discriminatory racial and national restrictions
lower the prestige of the United States in the eyes of the world. JeWish organizations: and
other voluntary agencies are commended by the _Commission for their role\ in helping to
make America a haven for the oppressed. At the same time the commission points_ out
that the new immigration law' prevents the United States froin giving asylum to people
who escape from the iron curtain countries.
Under the CoMmission's .recommendations,, Americans would be allowed: to serve in
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armed forces of such friendly nations as Israel. The IVIcCarran immigration law - prevents such
service, but the Commission came to the conclusion that "service in foreign armies by Ameri-
can citizens can be motivated by many purposes entirely - consistent with allegiance to the
United States." The Commission recommends' that the law in thiS respect should 'be restored
to what it was prior to the act of 195-2.
Thee McCarran provisions favoring admission to the United States of Nailis are opposed 'by
the Commission, which recommends that Nazis and Fascists be excluded froin the United States
as, being equally undesirable as the Communists banned by the McCarran Act. "The millions of
graves of those who died that democracy might survive, or who perished as victims - of mass
murder; the hundreds of thousands who were maimed; the millions who were stripped of their
possessions and forced to undergo undescribable suffering, privation, and misery; the destruction
of economic resources Of once prosperous and happy people—these results of the evil . arnbi.-;
tions, the cruelties of Nazism and Fascism should keep the' United States alert forevermore
to the danger from that source," the commission declares:
The provisions of the new immigration law, which makes it possible that Jewish immi-
grants from Gerniany be deported ; in some instances, on the basis of findings of Nazi courts
against them-which was one. 'of the major objections lodged by Jewish organizations against.
the McCarran Act—are similarly scored by the President's. oommission. T h e commission
points out that U.S. immigration laws should. not -be used to enfOrce totalitarian "justice."
It recommends that where the conviction for a crime or • crimes involving moral; ter .
pitinle was rendered by a Court in a totalitarian country, the administrative officers should
be authorized to inquire into the circimistances of crime in order to determine whether ' the
conviction actually was for a crime or crimes involving moral terpitude under American stand-
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The conclusions of the exhaustive study by the commission are that the McCarran
Walter Act "embodies" pOlicies and principles that are unwise and injurious to the nation. It
rests uporf -an attitude of hostility and distrust `against all aliens. It eplies discriminations
against human beings_ ori account of national origin, race, creed and color. It ignores the• needs
of the United States in domestic affairs and foreign policies. It contains unnecessary and un-
reasonable restrictions and penalties against individuals. It is badly .drafted, confusing in many.
respects, in some respects unworkable:"
The summarized recommendations of the commission are:
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eek's Events to Mark Sinai Dedication
Events scheduled for all groups- in the community have ibeen arranged for this week
to mark the dedication of Sinai Hospital, located. at 6767 west Outer Drive.
Official dedication has been set for 11 a.m. Sunday. There will be open house and
guided tours frbm 1 to 5 p.m.
Professional and lay leaders in local health services will be entertained at a dedica-
tory open house, Tuesday, 1 to 5 p.m. Physicians and members of allied professions have
been invited to another open house Wednesday, 2 to 8 p.m., with members of the medi-
cal staff as hosti. A tour for Jewish women in the community has- been arranged for Jan. 8.
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