1940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 13519 The motion was agreed to; accordingly
.May I say ·that I have had bills before that committee· in~ j the bill and I am in favor of sustaining his veto. I want to .volving definite hardship cases . on American. citizens, and I ·vote on the· veto now. think the committee is entirely too stringent. I think ther.e ' .I am ·opposed to permitting the Congress of the United ought to be a little mercy tempered along with justice. ·The ·states to be used to· break down our imlnigration·laws by pass ·gentlenian from Pennsylvania ·should worry about balancing : ing legislati9n of this kind. ~ the Budget and should worry about. where. we are going to get ; · . .W:bo . are your. "fifth columnists'.' .in America?. They are the money. . these people who have crept in here, invariably in violation of [Here the gavel fell.l ·law. Who ·are the _people who have forged· passports and ' Mr. DICKSTEIN:. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to stirred up trouble for us here and abroad? They are not the proceed for 2 additional minutes. · real Americans, they are those who trespass upon our gener The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the osity in this way. . ·gentleman from New York [Mr. DICKSTEIN]? I opposed the passage of the law to permit an American There was no objection. woman who married a foreigner to retain her citizenship in Mr. DICKSTEIN. Mr. Speaker, I want to say to the mem this country while also retaining her citizenship in the country bership of the House that I have tried the best way I can, of her husband. I am opposed to dual ·citizenship. as chairman of that committee, to work with every Member Let me say to the distinguished gentleman from California of this House. I agree .with my good friend from California [Mr. GEYER] that while he is attempting to correct all the that sometimes the committee is too strict, sometimes we imaginary ills of the South by attacking our election laws, he may be a little lenient, but on the whole I think we are a has a problem confronting the people of California today strict committee. We have voted out hardly any bills at all more serious than any we have in the Southern States. and those that have been objected to we have gone over with Mr. GEYER of California. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman a fine comb. It is not our duty to excuse anybody for viola yield? tions of the law. We hope we can get rid of these criminals Mr. RANKIN. When I get through_telling the gentleman sooner or later if we can find a country to send them to. May what he is up again~t. I say that we should be patient and reasonable. Let us look I was for many years a member of the Committee on the at it in the proper American light and not from any other Territories. Three years ago they sent me to Hawaii on a point of view. committee of Senators and Members of the House to investi Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. · gate the proposition of making Hawaii a State. I brought Mr. RANKIN. ·Mr. Speaker, I ask for recognition. out before that committee the ·fact that the Japanese in The SPEAKER. The time is in control of the gentleman Hawaii have what they call dual citizenship. When a Jap from New York [Mr. DicKSTEIN]. Has the gentleman from anese child is born, they register it with the Japanese consul New York [Mr. DICKSTEIN] yielded the floor? and immediately that name is sent to Tokyo, Japan. That Mr. DICKSTEIN. Yes. child is then registered as a citizen of Japan and is so re- 1940 , CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 13525 garded, yet he claims citizenship in this country and the pro I am not baiting any foreigners, but I am getting tired of tection of our :flag. He can go to Japan and own land and the gentleman from New York [Mr. DICKSTEIN] coming on enjoy all the other privileges a native-born Japanese can the :floor and baiting us Americans for trying to keep these enjoy, but one who renounces Japanese citizenship and says, alien elements out who have no right to be here. · "I am an American citizen only," cannot go to Japan and Mr. Speaker, what we need is to build more real, strong own land or enjoy the privileges of Japanese citizenship. Americanism. Let them begin by speaking American at home Mr. NICHOLS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? and quit this silly prattle of foreign or alien languages in Mr. RANKIN. I yield to the gentleman from Oklahoma. their homes. Let them teach their children to speak the Mr. NICHOLS. Also, when that child is registered with language of the American people to begin with. Then, per the Japanese Government at Tokyo, he cannot of his own haps, you will not feel so offended when old-line Americans volition relinquish his citizenship rights in· Japan. That re rise in this House and demand that we protect our country quest must be made by his parents before his citizenship can against such infiltrations as we have seen in the last few be relinquished. years. Mr. RANKIN. With the result that while we were in I went through this battle in 1924 when we were passing Hawaii there were Hawaiian-born Japanese who had voted in the immigration law. We heard the same cry "alien baiting," the election the year before who were being drafted into the because, forsooth, we were trying to pass a law to protect Japanese Army to go to Japan and engage in the war against America, and if it had been properly enforced from 1924 to the China. present time, you would not have had all this communistic Now I am coming to the gentleman from California [Mr. infiltration you have had for the last few years. GEYER]. I had a letter from California recently on this same We are spending money to protect America. We are draft subject, wherein they said there are 25,000 of these California ing the youth of this land to build up our defenses. To shed born Japanese who are registered in Japan the same way and their blood, if necessary, to protect our institutions and pre who are claiming dual citizenship. While they can vote in serve our way of life. We will exhaust the manhood and the this country, they can go to Japan and enjoy all the privi resources of America, if necessary, in order to protect our leges and all the benefits of a Japanese citizen. Nation, to protect our form of government, and to protect Let me say to the gentleman from California [Mr. GEYER] our way of life. We mean to make America strong, and in that while he is attacking the South about the Negro ques order. to do it we are going to expel the wormwood; we are tion, about something he knows nothing about, I want to tell going to wipe out those insidious, poisonous elements that ·rum what a Negro said down there some time ago. A man threaten the very foundations of our institutions. They can asked him, "What do you think about our foreign relations?" form all the. co.rp.binations of foreign powers they want to; He said, "Cap'n, I jes ain't got no fureign relations." they can form all the unholy alliances they please, but the You let. the Negroes and the white people in the South American spirit, the spirit that your people and mine mani- alone and take care of the Japanese question in California, ' fested from 1861 to 1865, when they met and grappled with because you have a problem on your hands compared to which each other upon the field of battle-your people fighting to our race problem in the South will likely shrink to insignifi- prevent the spread of slavery and to save the Union, mine cance in the years to come. . :fighting to preserve justice and to guarantee that the white Not only that, but Hawaii is a great outpost of this country. man's civilization would not perish from the earth-you and I, There are numerous spies in those islands. You talk about their sons and their nephews and their grandsons, are going "fifth columnists." There never has been such a well-organ to see to it that America is not destroyed by this alien ele ized "fifth column" as we find in the Hawaiian Islands and ment that presumes to call us alien baiters because we want as probably exists among the same people on the Pacific to protect American institutions. [Applause.] coast. Mr. Speaker, this is a question that goes pretty deep with Mr. SCHULTE. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? me, and I resent a Member getting on the floor of the House Mr. RANKIN. I yield to the gentleman from Indiana. and challenging the patriotism of the Members who are try Mr. SCHULTE. Is it not a fact that some time ago I ing to preserve and protect the integrity of American institu brought out on the :floor of this House the information that tions by keeping out those elements that have done more to a "fifth column" did exist in Hawaii and that the Japanese undermine and destroy it than any other one thing that has down there who are blessed with dual citizenship could serve ever crept in since that :flag :first :floated above the American in the Army of Japan, in the Marine C9rps, and also in the armies during the Revolutionary War. We are here to speak infantry; that they did serve there, and then came back to for ourselves and our children. We are going to protect the Hawaiian Islands and were still American citizens? America, if it takes the last man and the last dollar. We are Mr. RANKIN. Certainly, that is what I was referring to going to pass on down to our children a government, a nation, awhile ago. They were drafting them into the Japanese Army a country in which they will be proud to live; and before an when we were in Hawaii. I do not care who likes it or who alien shall become a citizen, he must come here and comply does not like it; I am tired of "fifth columnists" coming in with the laws of the land. her.e in any guise whatsoever. I am tired of the Communists, Foreign powers may send all the forces of evil against us, I am tired of the Fascists or the Nazis or the Japs coming but we will meet them as they come. We will meet them not at into my country and undermining it in any way whatsoever. the water's edge, but before they can reach American shores, I am for deporting every human being who is not a real and we will drive back and destroy every enemy of this coun I will not say a 100 percent-American, for they would jump try that attempts to invade it; but we must not permit a con up and object to that, but anybody who even claims a dual tinuation of this infiltration of those elements that come here citizenship. If he cannot surrender his citizenship in a for boasting that they are going to overthrow our Government eign country, let him go to that foreign country and stay and destroy our way of life. there. If I might borrow the words of a great Englishman, an I know we have had an infiltration of these Communists, apostrophe to his country, revise and appropriate them to and they boasted they were going to overthrow this Govern my own, I would say that all past acclaims our future, ment. Well, we are prepared to take care of them. Washington's sword and Jefferson's hanc;l, the Nation's trust, I have heard the gentleman from New York [Mr. DicK the people's faith in this, our cherished and chainless land. STEIN] abuse the Dies committee. I do not hesitate to say Bear us witness, come the world against her, America yet shall that the committee of which the gentleman from Texas [Mr. stand. [Applause.] DIEs] is the chairman has rendered a great service to the Mr. O'CONNOR and Mr. RICH rose. American people by bringing to light those insidious and Mr. RANKIN. I yield to the gentleman from Montana for damnable influences that were threatening to undermine a question. and destroy the American Republic and the American wa;y Mr. O'CONNOR. I am looking for information as to how of life. [Applause.] to vote upon what is before the House. 13526 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE ~ OCTOBER 10 Mr. RANKIN. It is a motion to refer the President's veto What did we do in that case? Here is what we had to do: to the committee. After that case went to the Supreme Court that man started Mr. O'CONNOR. What circumstances are there about this in the Congress of the United States to have a special bill case that are unusual that would justify the House in proceed passed. He got attorneys and they pedalled around from ing with special legislation? What are the unusual place to place and office to office, and they introduced bill circumstances about it? after bill. This was kept up for years. Finally a bill was Mr. RANKIN. None at all; I am for sustaining the considered and passed. But how did it come to pass? They President's veto. introduced a bill with provisions that were difficult for some Mr. O'CONNOR. That is what I am trying to find out. Members to oppose. For instance, they knew that legislation Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my favorable to an American soldier would be popular. You time and yield 10 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. know an American soldier was fresher out of the war then JENKINS]. than he is now. His popularity was almost irresistible, and Mr. JENKINS of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from it should have been. The bill provided that if an American Mississippi [Mr. RANKIN] has entertained us with a very ·soldier should marry an alien girl and want to bring her in, brilliant speech. I daresay we all agr~e with everything he that girl ought to be allowed to come in even if she had been has said. At least, I know I do. found guilty of committing a crime, if the crime she had com I took this time to bring to your attention one thing that mitted was only a misdemeanor, and if she had committed it I think is very appropriate at this time. I agree with the before she was 21 years of age. In other words, they built President's veto in this matter. It illustrates what I have been up a special bill for that one case. They said, "If he is a trying to say on this floor for years. I maintain that these United States soldier and if he married a girl who, although private immigration bills and bills to admit immigrants into she did have a criminal record, if the record was a misde this country should not be considered in the House and should meanor and if she committed the crime before she was 21 not be adopted. These are not proper matters of legislation. years old, she should be permitted to come into this country." Why do I say that this is not the place to consider this sort ·That bill carried by a few votes after a terrifically hard fight. of a bill? For many years after I came to this House, and The vote on that bill was responsible in a great measure for that will be many more after the gentleman from Missis the defeat of a strong Democrat who opposed it vigorously be sippi and others came· to this House, no such bills were ever cause the gentleman interested had wealthy· relatives in his considered. district, and it contributed to the defeat of a strong man o~ Mr. DICKSTEIN. Will the gentleman yield? the Republican side who supported the measure, for there Mr. JENKINS of Ohio. No; I would prefer not to just now. were many influential men in his district who were opposed I remember the first bill that was ever considered in this to the admission of people that way. You will be interested House. At least I think it was the first. It was considered to know that in a few years after this bill was pas~ed the bill under circumstances that really excited the whole House on was repealed with a large number of other bills that were both sides· of the aisle._ We had a tremendous contest here. considered as useless and inapplicable. That bill was a It was not a political contest. It was just a contest as to special bilf under the guise of a general bill. It should never whether we would admit a special individual through the have been passed. medium of a special bill. That was waged along about 1928. i:t was passed for just that one individual. I said then, Up until that time no private bills of this kind were being and I say now, that we ought not to have this class of considered. ·legislation. Why? Let me tell you why. In most cases only Mr. DICKSTEIN. Will the gentleman yield? the rich or the crooked can press them successfully. You Mr. JENKINS of Ohio. No. I prefer to proceed. talk about somebody being an alien baiter. I have aliens in Mr. DICKSTEIN. I want to correct you. my_section. We have them everywhere. God knows many Mr. JENKINS of Ohio. The gentleman cannot correct me fine honest aliens in this country have a hard time, but the because I am telling what is true, and I know what I am talk worst enemy of the alien is the crooked lawyer and the crooked ing ab::Jut. Later I will yield to the gentleman, but the gentle would-be friend who take advantage of them. Those fellows man ought not to break in when I have told him that I would bring in these poor aliens-thousands of them have been in not yield. duced to come to Cuba by crooks, and they have been robbed Mr. RANKIN. Will the gentleman yield to me? · there and thrown into the ocean after their money had been Mr. JENKINS of Ohio. Yes; I yield if it is appropriate to taken away from . them-poor, deluded individuals who my remarks at this time. thought they were on their way to America after they had Mr. RANKIN. Let me say that I agree with the gentleman paid their money to a bunch of s~ugglers. They have been thoroughly; that we ought not pass these special bills. kicked around. The worst enemy they have is the fellow Mr. JENKINS of Ohio. Let me tell you how this matter first who practices upon their ignorance and takes advantage of came into Congress. There was a wealthy man from up in them. That ought not to obtain. I am a friend to them. New England. He was a soldier in the World War. He courted I have been the author of much of· the salutary legislation a German girl while in Germany as a soldier and he wanted to since 1924, I am proud to say, without boasting-that sort of marry her. He went to the American consuls in that country legislation that reunited families and provided that they to see whether, if he did marry her, he could bring her into should be given preference within the quotas, and many other this country. They investigated her and found she had been ·advantages. I have never said or done anything derogatory picked up a time or two for shoplifting in stores. In other of an honest law-abiding alien, but I am against these crooks :words, she had a criminal record. She was for that reason who lie to get here and then commence to tear down our not admissible. He said, "I will marry her and bring her in country. · anyway." He had plenty of money and he started proceedings I say again to you that this Congress is no place to con down here in our court, and tl:ie proceedings went to the sider these private cases. Why? Because these unscrupu Supreme Court of the United States, trying to compel the Sec lous fellows come in and press their cases on the ground of retary of State to issue proper papers that would admit her. some great hardship, when there is not a single individual' The Supreme Court spoke on it and refused it. This high bill that I have ever seen that has not the element of fraud court recognized a principle which we should all know and be in it. The fraudulent press their cases when the deserving proud of. The Court said, in effect, that no alien not yet in who are usually timid do not press their cases, Here is what America has any rights in our courts. They cannot invoke jurisdiction of our courts. Why should the Supreme Court we ought to do in Congress, everybody ought to join together ever have been called upon to speak on something like that? to do it. Last year we passed a law that provides for the You talk about an alien baiter, if the gentleman from New setting up a court down here made up of someone from the York [Mr. DICKSTEIN] was here at that time, he probably voted Department of Labor, the Department of Justice, and the De for that procedure, because he has always been wrong. I ad partment of State. Set up a court of three men and let those mire his consistency. He has consistently been wrong always. men pass on these people's cases. Let all have a chance to 1940 .CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 13527
present their cases and give this board a chance to recom CALL OF THE HOUSE mend to Congress certain cases, if any, that are deserving Mr. PACE .. Mr. Speaker, I make the point of order a and that cannot get justice because of a deficiency in legal quorum is not present. remedies. The SPEAKER: The Chair will count; but before begin There are a lot of fine, deserving aliens in this country who ning the count, the Chair desires to announce that there are ought not to be deported. They have been here a long time, on the Speaker's table veto messages on the bills H. R. 775, they have raised families and formed many associations. We H. R. 8743, H. R. 2214, and H. R. 428, which have not been should show compassio~ to them. Under the present system read. Evidently there is not a quorum present. they do not crowd themselves forward, but the Harry Bridges Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I move a call of the House. kind can always find some Congressman to fight for him. A call of the House was ordered. I see the gentleman from Michigan on his feet. Does the The Clerk called the roll, and the following Members failed gentleman wish to ask me a question? to answer to their names: Mr. RABAUT. Yes. The gentleman says you cannot do it. You do not want these people to go back, but you would [Roll No. 231] Allen,DI. Douglas Keefe Romjue not vote to keep them here-- Allen, Pa. Drewry Keller Routzohn Mr. JENKINS of Ohio. No; I do not want to work any Anderson, Calif. Duncan Kelly Ryan hardship on any person who has a right to stay here. The Andrews Dworshak Kennedy, Martin Sabath Arnold Eaton Kennedy, Michael Sacks Congress of the United States cannot function as a court and Ball Edelstein Keogh Sandager it should not allow itself to be made into a justice-of-the-peace Barden, N. C. Elliott Kerr Satterfield Barnes Elston Kilburn Schaefer, ill. court. Barry Evans Kirwan Schiffler Mr. O'CONNOR. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman Yield? Barton, N.Y. Faddis Kleberg Schwert Mr. JENKINS of Ohio. No; if you please, I should like to Bates, Mass. lt~ay Kocialkowski Scrugham · Beam Fenton Lemke Seccombe go on. Bell Fernandez Lewis, Ohio Secrest The SPEAKER. The time of the gentleman from Ohio has Bender Fish Luce Sheppard expired. Boland Fitzpatrick Lynch Sheridan Bolton Flaherty McDowell Short Mr. RANKIN. I yield to the gentleman from Ohio 5 addi Boren Flannagan McGranery Smith, Ill. tional minutes. Bradley, Mich. Flannery McKeough Smith, Maine Mr. O'CONNOR. Now, will the gentleman yield for a Brewster Folger Maas Smith, Ohio Brooks Ford, Leland M. Maciejewski Smith, Wash. question? Brown, Ohio Ford, Thomas F. Magnuson Smith, W.Va. Mr. JENKINS of Ohio. I would prefer not to yield. I have Buckley, N.Y. Fries Mansfield Snyder Burch Garrett Marcantonio Starnes, Ala. not made a speech on immigration for 5 or 6 years. I know Burgin Gartner Marshall Steagall I am right in these matters. We have been permitting the Byrne, N.Y. Gibbs Martin, Dl. Stearns, N.H. consideration of these private bills in spite of our own Byron Gifford Martin, Mass. Sulllvan Caldwell Gilchrist Merritt Sutphin conviction to the effect that it is a wrong procedure. Here camp Graham Mills, La. Sweeney we are today being chastised by the President for passing · cannon, Fla. Green Mitchell Tarver a bill that not one single Member will champion. How did Cannon, Mo. Griffith Mott Tenerowicz Cartwright Hall, Edwin A. Mouton Th1II it pass? Who is responsible for it? Nobody knows. No Casey, Mass. Halleck Myers Thomas, N.J. body remembers ever haVing voted for it. Nobody will admit Celler Hancock Nelson Thorkelson Clason Hare O'Brien Tolan that he voted for it. That proves conclusively that we should Claypool Harrington O'Day Vincent, Ky. stop considering these special bills. We ought to have a Cluett Harter, Ohio O'Leary Wadsworth court to take these people before and give them the right Coffee, Wash. Havenner Parsons Wallgren Cole,N. Y. Healey Patrick Walter consideration in a court of some kind. Let this court pass Collins Hennings Patton Ward on their cases. That is the way to do it. And I will tell you Cooley Hess Peterson, Ga. Warren Corbett Hobbs Pfeifer Weaver this, my friends; listen to me. It ought not to be so that a Creal Hook Plumley Welch poor alien has got to pay a high-priced unscrupulous lawyer Crowe Houston Poage West to have his rignts protected. It ought to be so that he in his Cullen Izac Reece, Tenn White, Ohio Cummings Jacobsen Richards Wigglesworth innocence, in his illiteracy, in his lack of knowledge of the Darden, Va. Jarrett Risk Williams, Mo. country's laws should not be compelled to do what he can Darrow Jeffries Robertson Winter DeRouen Jenks,N. H. Robinson, Uta.h Wolfenden, Pa. not do. Dies Jennings Robsion, Ky. He ought not to be the prey of a lot of fellows who are Dirksen Jones, Ohio Rockefeller going to milk him out of his money. Our laws ought not to be Dondero Kee Rodgers, Pa. such that these j>eople can be enticed into this country by The SPEAKER. On this roll call 229 Members have an such fellows and their money taken from them. He is not the swered to their names. A quorum is present. friend of the alien; no, he is not the friend of the alien at all. On motion of Mr. McCoRMAcK, further proceedings under A court should be established here in our departments com the call were dispensed with. posed of American citizens. Whether they be Democrats or SENATE BILLS REFERRED Republicans, that will make no difference; they will all be honest when given the responsibility for the lives and happi A bill and a joint resolution of the Senate of the following ness of human beings. That is what it means to live in a titles were taken from the Speaker's table and, under the rule, country that recognizes constitutional government. [Ap referred as follows: · plause.] S. 4208. An act establishing overtime rates for compensation Under this private bill system they can slip some bills for employees of the field services of the War Department through that seem fair on their faces, and sometimes the and the field services of the Panama Canal, and for other President himself may not stop them. Think of that. I am purposes; to the Committee on the Civil Service. sure that the gentleman from New York is not proud of the S. J. Res. 296. Joint resolution to define common carriers action of his committee in reporting out such a bill as this. by water engaged in certain commerce with the Virgin Islands It looks as if he might take this as an insult from his Presi of the United States, and for other purposes; to the Commit dent, because the President in effect says that we permitted tee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. a bill to pass that should not have been passed. This bill is LOUIS D. FRIEDMAN-VETO MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT absolutely unreasonable, and the President ought to be sus Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I Yield 5 minutes to the gen tained, and he ought to be complimented for doing what we tleman from Michigan [Mr. RABAUTJ. failed to do, and he ought to be .complimented for catching Mr. RABAUT. Mr. Speaker, previous to this quorum call this bill before it became a law. [Applause.] I engaged in a colloquy on the floor of the House with the 13528 CONGRESSIONAL . RECORD-HOUSE OCTOBER 10 gentleman from Ohio [Mr. JENKINS]. Out of that conversa I take this time to answer in part my good friend the gen tion came to me the thought that I learned at my mother's tleman from Mississippi [Mr. RANKIN]. I realize that he con knee, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." trols the time and will have the last word, nevertheless I do May I say that in dealing with this question of race we want to say a word about our California situation. The gen might well become aware of the fact that the glorification of tleman is very much concerned about our Japanese situation nationalism in Germany is one of its greatest sins. It is on the coast, and so am I. Even at this time I am endeavoring being substituted for the Deity and we muSt be most careful to do everything I can to iron out the problems there. not to fall into the same trough. An America without a I am glad the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. RANKIN] sense of right or wrong cannot continue to be the America has suddenly grown out of his provincialism. I am glad he of Washington, but may overnight become as black as Russia. is interested in some other section than his own State. Of We have a national need for individual and social ethics. course, there is not a nook or a cranny in this whole United Make no mistake about that. What is right and wrong for States into which he has not peeked to find out something the individual is equally right and wrong for the Nation. about the power rates, yet when I become interested in some Who does the gentleman take to task in his great criticism thing which I deem to be a problem of statesmanship, the here this morning? We went far afield in talking about this right to vote, which happens to center in his district, he be bill; in fact, the conversation and the argument was not about comes very much concerned and gets very red in the face. the bill, it was an indictment of a duly constituted committee He says I know· nothing about this problem, the poll tax as a· of this House, the Committee on Immigration and Naturaliza-· prerequisite to voting. I know this much about it, that it is tion. Who comprise the membership of that committee? not a racial problem, as he would have you believe. It is not The gentleman from New York [Mr. DICKSTEIN], the gentle · a problem of the colored people versus the white people.· man from Indiana [Mr. SCHULTE"], the gentleman from Cali · There are 8,000,000 white people deprived of the vote and fornia [Mr. KRAMERL the gentlewoman from New York [Mrs. 3,500,000 Negroes deprived of the vote because of the poll-tax O'DAY], the gentleman from Florida CMr. GREEN], the gentle laws in those 8 Southern States. man from Texas [Mr. POAGE], the gentleman from Mississippi · It seems to me this poll-tax problem- is Nation-wide. I [Mr. McGEHEE], the gentleman from-Louisiana [Mr. ALLEN], · hope the time never comes when my horizon is no farther the gentleman from Alabama· [Mr. GRANT], the gentleman away than patronage and pork. I hope l can always see from South Carolina [Mr. JoHN McMILLAN], the· gentleman things in a statesmanlike way. I am not surprised that ! ·have· from Illinois [Mr. MAciEJEWSKI], the gentleman from Ar- · a· little feeling on this subject. The gentleman from Missis kansas [Mr. GATHINGs], the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. sippi last March said before the Committee on the Census that· WARD], arid on the Rtepublican side, the gentleman's own side, no nian iri tliis :House had more to do with-defeating the reap the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. MAsoN], the gentleman from portionment in 1920 than he.· Does tliat interest us in Cali-· Kansas · [Mr. REES], ·the gentleman from New York [Mr. fornia? We lost nine seats in this House by the failure of ROCKEFELLER], the ·gentleman from Iowa [Mr. TALLE], the that reapportionment to pass. For ·10 years, because of this gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. VAN ZANDT], the gentle gentleman from Mississippi, according to his ownrwords, Cali man from Nebraska [Mr. CURTIS], the gentleman from Con fornia was deprived of our proper representation here. Should· necticut [Mr. AusTIN], and the Delegate from Hawaii [Mr. I be concerned? Is-this merely a local issue? It is more than KINd]. that. Mr. SCHULTE. Will the gentleman yield? At another time, during the debate here on the antilynch-· Mr: RABAUT. I yield to the gentleman from Indiana. ing bill, the gentleman from Mississippi rose on the floor of Mr. SCHULTE. The gentleman in calling the roll has this House and said, "The membership of ·the Democratic omitted the name of a very distinguished Member of this Party from the South. wields an influence far out of all pro House and an influence, the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. portion to its Members-here." We agree that that is right. I LESINSKI]. am wondering if that is good Americanism. Mr. RABAUT. Yes; my friend the gentleman from Michi The gentleman comes here with less than 5,000 votes, and gan [Mr. LESINSKI] and I thank the gentleman from Indiana tells us to look at the primaries. He did not even have an for his correction. The devotion to immigration and naturali opponent in the primaries. In his State in the primaries there zation matters by my distinguished colleague from Michigan was only 1 person out of the 7 that was opposed at all is well known to every Member of this House. in the primaries, yet he will tell you to look to the primary Mr. Speaker, we m:ust be very careful. America has its own vote. I wish I had only a small group of people to please in sense of values. It is not what you had, nor what you were in my district. If I did not have to concern myself with the the past, but what are you today? We talk about old Amer longshoremen, with all the C. I. 0. people, with all the A. F. icanism. I come from a family of three generations in the of L. people, with employers, and with the chambers of com city of Detroit. merce, how easy it would be for me to come back year after year after year. If I had only 5,000 voters to worry about, and Old Americanism? If you would be consistent, then I say if I could make it possible, or if the machine could make it pos to you that the descendants of the Indians should be in this sible to pay enough more poll taxes so they could get the proper House. All the descendants of the Indians stand up. There amount of votes in case of danger of defeat, how easy it is not one of them here. would be for me to come back here year after year. No, I When we are talking about this, let us be sincere. Do unto am not surprised that the gentleman from Mississippi is others as you would have them do unto you. Would you ex alarmed when the Geyer anti-poll-tax bill is mentioned. To clude a man like Mr. William S. Knudsen, production chief bring so many new voters into his district might upset the of the Defense Commission in our present emergency, who status quo. Especially when he has not been too much con was born abroad? Why, the best blood in this country, in cerned for the interests of certain groups. fact, the blood stream of this country, is an association of the The greatest injustice that has been done to this House is bloods of the world. [Applause.] the refusal of the chairman of the subcommittee of the Judi [Here the gavel fell.] ciary Committee to print the hearings on the Geyer anti-poll Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gen tax bill. These hearings were ordered printed once but that tleman from California [Mr. GEYER]. order was canceled. Wonder what power was brought to bear Mr. GEYER of California. Mr. Speaker, I wish to compli on the chairman of the subcommittee, the gentleman from ment the gentleman who just preceded me on the splendid Pennsylvania [Mr. WALTER], to change his mind? Could it thoughts he gave us on Americanism. I agree 100 percent be possible that the power, "out of all proportion to its mem with what he says. bership," as boasted of by the gentleman from Mississippi, I have had experience before the Committee on Immigra could have been brought to bear here? tion and Naturalization, and I know of at least one occasion I charge that the forces in the poll-tax states dare notal where they leaned over backward and committed an injus low the public to know what those hearings contain. If the tice in a hardship case. I had that case myself. Nation were advised of the lack of democracy existing in the 1940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE . 13529 States that charge for the right to vote, people would not I want to assure this body that at no time and at no place sleep until these wrongs were made right. They would de have we attempted in any way to bring any legislation before mand that these States complete the process of reconstruc the Congress that was not justified or would not be warranted tion. In conclusion, let me say that any time the gentleman in a democracy, and I want to assure gentlemen on both sides from Mississippi desires to take up the fight for democracy of the aisle that all this conversation is absolutely unneces right in his front yard, I ·shall be only too glad to allow him to sary, because, if you get right down to the question, what have carry the ball in his very efficient way, while I stand by and you done to help the committee stop this so-called dual na cheer. If in the meantime he can assist us in solving some of tionality? We had a rul~ before the Rules Committee for what the problems that we have in California, we of that State will · was known as the Schulte resolution. It was pending there for be only too glad to have his assistance. 2 years and the purpose was to find out about dual nationality He has said on this floor on another occasion that I could in this country. We could not get the resolution passed not be elected from his district. I believe he is right. My because it would cost $10,000, and yet you ta!k about the Dies record here shows that I have championed the rights of the committee. I still say that the Dies committee has not done underdog too much for the overlords of his State who are the job. I am glad you like it, because it happens· to have been the only ones who vote, to take an interest in me as their my resolution that brought about the Dies committee. But I representative. I was at least elected by the truly American say that the Dies committee has not done the job that it could system, which is more than he can say. In my State we do have done for the benefit of the country. I do not assign any not put a dollar-and-cents value on the franchise. ulterior motive to any Member. I regard every Member, EXTENSION OF REMARKS including my colleague the gentleman from Texas [Mr. DIES], Mr. PATMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to as a sincere person, but I believe that they have not had the extend my own remarks in the RECORD and include therein a proper investigators behind the scenes with $220,000 or newspaper statement. $230,000 at the disposal of that committee. I want to say that The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the the McCormack committee, that only had $25,000, did a far gentleman from Texas? greater job for the benefit of this country, way back in 1934, There was no objection. 1935, and 1936, than the Dies committee has done with Mr. PITTENGER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent $230,000. to extend my own remarks in the RECORD and include therein [Here the gavel fell.] a short editorial from the Washington Daily News of today, Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield the gentleman 2 dealing with the subject How Congress Can Speed Defense. additional minutes. This is my second request. Mr. DICKSTEIN. It is not my purpose to decide these The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the questions. Like every other chairman of a committee-and I gentleman from Minnesota? have the highest regard for every committee of this House There was no objection. when a matter comes before you and there is merit to justify Mr. TALLE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ex the legislation, I say to you that there is no alternative but to tend my own remarks in the RECORD and include therein an report such legislation out of the committee. address delivered by me on the occasion of the centennial Mr. O'CONNOR. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield for celebration held at Fort Atkinson on October 6. a question? The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the Mr. DICKSTEIN. I yield. gentleman from Iowa? Mr. O'CONNOR. What I would like to find out is, What There was no objection. are the unusual circumstances about this case that would Mr. ELLIS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to ex justify the Congress in passing a special bill? tend my own remarks in the RECORD and include therein a Mr. DICKSTEIN. I have not the time to discuss it. You letter from the Federal Power Commission. have got to read the RECORD. I did not ask to override the The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the President's veto. All I asked was unanimous consent to send gentleman from Arkansas? it back to the committee for further study, and my good There was no objection. friend from Mississippi objected to that request and then, in Mr. Wll.LIAMS of Delaware. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani some way, obtained control of the time. I do not want to mous consent to extend my remarks in the Appendix of the override the President. I simply ask that the bill go back to RECORD and to include therein an editorial. the committee. If there is any merit to it, all right, and if The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the not, then it will be tabled. gentleman from Delaware? Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield? There was no objection. Mr. DICKSTEIN. I yield. Mr. TINKHAM. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to Mr. RANKIN. Is the gentleman willing to withdraw his extend my remarks in the REcORD and to insert an article motion and let us vote on the veto? We will sustain it about the Chinese-Japanese situation. almost unanimously. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the Mr. DICKSTEIN. I will not withdraw my motion. I want gentleman from Massachusetts? it to go back to the committee. There was no objection. Mr. RANKIN. I do not see what for. The President has Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentle already vetoed it, and the House is anxious to sustain the man from NewYork [Mr. DICKSTEIN]. veto. Mr. DICKSTEIN. Mr. Speaker, with all that has been said Mr. DICKSTEIN. Why should we make an exception of I still have faith in the membership of this House on both this particular case or treat it in a different manner than sides of the aisle to deal with any bill that may be introduced. other bills that have come here under the same circumstances. I am pretty sure, if we go through the RECORD, we will be [Here the gavel fell.] satisfied that every Member of this House who has had a bill Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gen before this committee has received most careful and courteous tleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. RicH]. oonsidera tion. Mr. RICH. Mr. Speaker, I do not believe anyone wants to I want also to say to you that we have in a number of criticize the Committee on Immigration personally. I know instances refused relief because we felt that no such relief I do not. I do not think any Member of the House wants to should be granted, but if we pursued the policy stated here by criticize the committee as a committee. We are vitally in my friend from Ohio and my good friend from Mississippi, terested in immigration in this country in trying to protect may I tell you, my friends, that a lot of good aliens that this our shores from a great influX of people who are liable to come country needs would be kept out. They are men of high to this country after this war is over. We should be vigilant. integrity and character. We should do everything we can to protect this country. We 13530 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE OCTOBER 10 are not interested in trying to keep out law abiding, good more than 700 cases in which those mandatory statutes have been nullified by the deliberate official conduct of the Secretarr of Labor. American people, who come from foreign countries, who are Instead of using the immigration laws to protect the Umted States residents of our country. We are glad to have them. We are the Department, in at least 700 cases, has distorted them to shelter interested in trying to see that they become good American deportable criminal aliens. Undoubtedly there are many other citizens. cases of this sort throughout the country which have not yet come to the notice of Congress. Those listed, however, demonstrate the Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert in the spirit in which our immigration laws have been a?ministered by RECORD at this point a part of the official RECORD of Congress, Secretary Perkins. This situation probably explams the rec~nt volume 86, page 9279, of July 8, 1940. · transfer of the Immigration Service from the Labor to the Just1ce The SPEAKER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Department. The Nation was shocked by the publication last month of the There was no objection. names of 563 Government employees formally identified with a The matter referred to is as follows: Communist fellow-travel organization. Many of those Federal SEVEN HUNDRED DEPORTABLE ALIENS SHELTERED BY UNITED STATES LABOR fellow travelers were employees of the Department of Labor. We DEPARTMENT now learn that under such leadership the Department of Labor has been undermining our immigration statutes to permit the unlawful More than 7oo unnaturalized aliens guilty of deportable offe~ses reentry of criminal aliens previously apprehended for deportation. against the laws of the United States have been granted exemption from deportation by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins. The list Unquestionably these revelations will command the immediate below names these exempted aliens, together with the deportable attention of Congress. offense charged against each. This is an official list, compiled by Leo Usher Ackerman,. perjury. the United States State Department in Washington and now a Francesco Adelfio, perjury. part of the official privileged records of Congress (vol. 86, p. 9279, Antonio Aiello, perjury. July 8, 1940). Giovanni Albano, perjury. In the first place, practically all of these aliens committed a Crescenzo Albano, perjury and forgery. felony by entering the United States illegally. That act alone made Jose Victoria Garcia y Angelo, perjury and forgery. Corrado Arradio. perjury and forgery. them immediately deportable. In the secon_d pla~e, they ~ave committed crimes of every nature while remaming m the Umted Vasileff Atanasoff, perjury. States illegally as unnaturalized aliens. These crimes, as tabulated Stoyan Atanasoff, perjury. 1n the formal report of the State Department, include perjury, Anthony Alcamo, perjury. forgery, smuggling, marriage-license fraud, registration fraud, theft, Leonard David Abreau, theft. burglary, bigamy, larceny, receiving stolen goods, rape, criminal Carl A. R. Anderson, contributing to delinquency of minor. assault, procurer, conspiracy and extortion, fraudulent enlistment Bonifacia Archuleta, physically defective and likely become pub- in the military service, shoplifting, manslaughter, embezzlement, lic charge. . 1llegal entry. In other cases heinous types of criminal conduct are · Natalia W. de Armenta, likely become public charge. Pedro de Armenta, likely become public charge. shown in the official public record. . Nicola Azzolini, perjury. It is amazing and shocking for American citizens to learn, while official Washington is calling upon the Nation to prepare for de Felippo Abela, contributing to the delinquency of a female minor fense against foreign enemies, while Congress is appropriat_ing bil child. lions upon billions of dollars for national defense, and wh1le -both Arthur Andrade Angel, perjury. Congress and the administration are considering conscription of the Alexander Adler, perjury. youth of America, that over the last 5 years an executive department Steve Adamic, theft. of the Government has been exerting unusual efforts to protect and Sebastiana Ambroggio, perjury. · . _ keep within our borders hundreds of deportable foreigners branded Marcelino Alba, perjury, conviction of breaking and entering, and as criminals. Instead of deporting these aliens, Secretary Perkins illiteracy. devised elaborate methods to keep them permanently in the United Armando Agaccio, perjury. States. They were advised to move temporarily to Mexico or Canada, Aniello Amalfitano, naturalization fraud. there to request new incoming visas; which then were approved by Ernest Allard, perjury. the Labor Department under special discretionary provisions of the Alexander Arpajian, perjury. Immigration Act of February 5, 1917. John L. Anthony, theft. Section 3 of the 1917 act provided that an alien who had lived 7 Antonio Attisani, perjury and forgery. consecutive years in the United States, and had maintained his Szczepan Adamczyk, bigamy. Frederich L. H. Amberger, embezzlement and manslaughter. American residence during a temporary absence in a foreign land, Becalel Arfa, perjury. might be readmitted to this country, in the discretion of the Secre Salvatore Barbarino, perjury. tary of Labor, without regard to certain exclusion laws.. The clear Andrej Baran, perjury. purpose of this arrangement--the so-called seventh provlSO of the Clemente Barros, perjury and forgery. 1917 act--was to avoid hardships to those law-abiding aliens who Manlio Bandel, perjury. had lived orderly and constructive lives in this country for 7 years, Francesco Batignani, perjury. but were temporarily out of the country when the 1917 law was Solomon Bereshkofsky, perjury and forgery .. passed. Fred Busiad, perjury and registration fraud.! By the gross abuse of this old and forgotten discretionary au George Bugariu, perjury and forgery. thority, the Department of Labor has contrived .to prevent the Francesco Businelli, perjury. deportation of criminal aliens, as specifically 1equired by other Gino Bearzatto, perjury. sections of the immigration statutes. Ruben Bruck, perjury. Some of the aliens listed here, who were readmitted to the United Endrea Branoff, perjury. States by this illegal device, had been deported previously as Com Giuseppe Belviso, perjury. munist agitators. Having later reentered the country illegally, Joseph Bedosti, perjury. these Communists now have the formal official protection of the Herman Bukrinsky, perjury. Labor Department, by virtue of the abuse of Secretary Perkins' dis George Bengarin, perjury. cretionary authority. Alexander E. Barran, perjury. In commenting upon this violent application of discretionary Henry Booth, theft. powers in the Labor Department, Senator RoBERT R. REYNOLDS Adolfo Bayko, perjury in Canadian naturalization and United (Democrat of North Carolina). sai~: . States immigration proceedings. "Such a perversion of our 1mm1gration laws by public servants Johan Bodrog, perjury. sworn to enforce them can scarcely be conceived or realized. How Benjamin Benjaminoff, perjury. ever in order to make the realization effective, reference may be Raimondo Bentivegna, perjury and forgery. mad'e to the list of more than 700 criminal aliens who were waived Efrajem Braum, perjury and forgery. int o the United States by the Department of Labor under the Jozefa Braska, perjury, and previously deported. seventh proviso. Rudolf Breede, theft . "Think of it! The Department of Labor, under the direction and Marie M. c. Beauvais, public charge. in the discretion of the present Secretary of Labor, readmitted to Juan Basurto, theft and illiteracy. this country 700 criminal aliens who had been apprehended, and Joseph Brajuha, perjury. whom we wanted to deport, but whom the Secretary of Labor did Chana Brodslty, perjury and forgery. not want deported. Calogero Bernardo, perjury and forgery. "One of these aliens was previously deported from the United Peter Borovina, likely become public charge. States because of his membership in the Communist Party. He re John Benedetto, perjury in registration proceedings. entered illegally, thereby committing a felony, for which he has Candelaria Bencomo, llliterate and likely become public charge. .never been prosecuted. The seventh proviso was invoked to wash Carmine Di Benedetto, perjury . him clean; he was sent to Mexico to procure an immigration visa. Joseph Ballen, perjury. While his case was under consideration at an American consular Rene W. Bresett, tuberculosis. office in that country he was readmitted into the United States Salvador Bracamonte, likely to become public charge. without an immigration visa." Mariannina d'Amore Bartolo, perjury. Every country in the world now has adopted strong measures to Hans A. Bunge!, larceny. protect its national defense and national security against sabotage Pranas Bulavas, perjury and forgery. and espionage by criminal aliens. The United States long has had Giuseppe Brucoli, perjury and forgery. adequate protective statutes in the Federal Code. But today we :find Lilian s. Brownblll. public charge bond case. 1940 CONGRESSIONAL . RECORD-HOUSE 13531 Pearl Bennett, likely become public charge. · Joseph Dubois and two children, likely becoine public charges. Julia Bodle, perjury. Amerigo Domestico, perjury. Kurt Benkivitz, subornation of perjury. Antonino Dinolfo, perjury and forgery. Francisco J. Barboza, perjury and forgery. Salvatore Delvino, perjury and forgery. Matteo M. Bursich, perjury. Hersulano Espinoza, perjury and forgery. Jeanne D. Breton, likely become public charge. Salvador Elizondo, perjury. Joseph Bercok, perjury and forgery. Oke Elander, physically defective and likely become public charge. Eva M. Blackwell, public charge. Anna Ezykowicz, perjury and forgery. Hardenberg Bonjer, burglary. Karl Eder, perjury. Leo Brousseau, perjury and forgery. Leo Eckermann, perjury and forgery. Edgar Brousseau, perjury and forgery. Samuel Engler, perjury and forgery. James Bush, perjury. · Pietro Ferrandino, perjury. Rozalja Blus, perjury and forgery. Raphael Funk, perjury and forgery. Giorgio Buone, perjury and forgery. Wasyl Fedkiw, perjury. Vincenzo Consentino, perjury. Joan Feiesiu, perjury and forgery. Luigi Castagna, perjury and forgery. Herman Frokers, perjury and forgery. Edith T. Cortese, theft. Sam Fatigati, perjury. Antonio Cicotto, perjury. Ernest 0. Custer, theft. Gitta Rubin Ferman, perjury. Bernardo Canale, perjury and forgery. Oscar John Feldshau, perjury in United States Navy enlistment Giuseppe Casola, perjury and forgery. application. Giosue Cassaro, perjury. Carlo File, perjury. Francisco Camara, perjury and forgery. Antonio D'Oliveira Faneco, perjury and forgery. Maria Covi, perjury. Pietro D. Fantasia, perjury and forgery. John N. Chicouras, perjury. Herman Feinman, perjury. Giovanni Caruso, perjury. Fortunato Fiore, public charge and illiteracy. Edward Cereghino, perjury. Concepcion Flores, theft. Irene V. Cote, theft. Cristina Flores, perjury, also likely become public charge. Serafim Carvelho, perjury. Mary Fellius Garcia, likely become public charge. Francesco Castelli, perjury. Clemente P. Falco, perjury and forgery. Patrick F. de Coste, perjury. Manoel J. Ferreira, perjury. Angelo Calipano, perjury. Jolin Furitano, perjury and forgery. Antonio Campos, perjury and forgery. Vasilios Frondakis, likely become public charge. Giuseppe Chiarenza, perjury. Riccardo Figliolia, perjury. Luz R. de Clemmons, perjury, likely become public charge. Henry J. Foley, larceny. Consuela A. De La Cruz, perjury and forgery. Angelo Fort, perjury. Angelo Califano, perjury. Teodulo Flores, perjury and 1lliteracy. Alfredo Coppotelli, perjury and forgery. Joao Fernandes, perjury. Marya Chmura, perjury and forgery. Michael Fedorko, forgery. Joseph Csanyi, perjury. Lillian J. Flake, theft. Giuseppe Casola, perjury and forgery, carrying concealed weapons, Isidor Finkelstein, perjury. and violating State prohibition laws. Manuel Gonzalez, smuggling. . Guadelupe Contreras, bigamy. Pietro Giacoponello, perjury and forgery. Ignacio Castillo, theft. Giuseppe Campo, perjury and forgery. Juan Cabrera, perjury. Leib Gittleman, perjury. Aubrey Canning, physically defective and likely become public Max Grossman, perjury. charge. Giuseppe Giovanni Giceli, perjury. Santo C. Campana, public charge-on relief. Pietro di Giacinta, perjury and forgery. Guillermo Centurion, tuberculosis. Mauro Gallo, perjury and forgery. James L. Campbell, perjury. Angeli Galliano, perjury. Marjorie C. Coulter, tuberculosis. Gertrude K. Greisel, perjury, Giacomo Cichero, perjury in deportation proceedings. Harry C. H. Gartner, perjury. Aleksa Cvetoevic, perjury and forgery. · Harry Grundhand, perjury. Felicitas Castorena, perjury in deportation proceedings. Marco Gaglione, perjury. Felix Contreras, perjury and illiteracy. Sarah Gomez, . perjury. Giulio Cons, illiteracy. Antonio Giacoponello, perjury. Mario de J. Corona, likely become public charge. Oswald· Getruer, perjury. · Erasmo Colozzi, illiteracy. Carmen R. de Garcia, perjury and forgery. Domenic Capaldi, perjury and forgery. Morris Goldberg, fraud and uttering counterfeit immigration Giulio Cons, perjury. visa. Christian Canton, likely become public charge. Menta Goutis, illegal entry with immigration visa obtained by • Antonio Corporales, perjury and forgery. fraud and perjury. William F . Craig, likely become public charge. Jan Gresko, theft. Shulik Chertein, incest and likely become public charge. Guilermo Gonzalez, theft. Victor Copp, bigamy. Francesco V. Giuffre, perjury and forgery. Anselmo Cocco, perjury and forgery. Ramon Gomez, illiteracy. Giovanni Cusumano, perjury. Mrs. Ramon Gomez, likely become public charge. Gordon A. Campbell, fraud. Sebas Guerra, physically defective and likely become public Giuseppe Colantonio, perjury. charge. Marianna Cinkala, perjury and forgery. Antonio Gaudio, perjury. Jose P. Castaneda, 1111teracy. Joao da C. Gomes, perjury in deportation proceedings. Eleadoro Casanova, convicted of attempted burglary. Michele D. Gregorio, theft, perjury, and forgery. Biagio Chiabrera, perjury. Jose A. Garcia. likely become public charge. Luigi Di Cesare, perjury. Margarita Garcia, likely become public charge. Giuseppa Cecci, perjury and forgery. Jose G. Goeloe, likely become public charge. Thomas Edward Coogan, perjury. Veronica Gricunas. perjury and forgery. Francesco Colla, manslaughter. Stefano C. Grano, perjury in deportation proceedings. Giuseppe Casala, perjury and forgery. Umberto Giovanni, perjury. Zofia Dzierwa, perjury and forgery. Luke Gannon, illiteracy. Andrew Duda, perjury. Giuseppe Galano, perjury. Let terio Donato, perjury and subornation of perjury in registra- Cristina Giordano, perjury. tion fraud. Leone Goffredo, physically defective and likely become public- Joseph Dittiger, perjury. charge. Adam Dzjamba, perjury and forgery. Joaquim Gomes, perjury and forgery. Katerina Dubetz, perjury and forgery. Maria Garcia, perjury. Joseph R. Dunn, public charge and assisted alien. Luigi Grancelli, perjury. lla Dellow, theft. _ Ramon Gomez, perjury and forgery. Christophoros Divaris, perjury and forgery. Ben Gold, forging head-tax refund certificate. Luigi D'Oria, perjury and forgery. Ramon F. Gonzalez, perjury. Ponciano Diaz, illiteracy. Gaspare Giuliano, perjury and forgery. Alice Doucette, perjury and forgery. Gabriel Gomez, larceny and likely become publ1c charge. Caterina Rezelich, perjury and forgery. Anton Glavicich, perjury. Christophoros Divaris, perjury and registration fraud; previously Peter Gluech, perjury. deported. Stasys Gaucas, perjury and forgery. Aleido Dominguez, perjury. Eugene Grach, perjury. Francesco DiDonna, perjury. Boris Ginsburg, perjury and forgery. Anna D. Dickie. physically defective and likely become public Mendelis Glikas, perjury. charge. Stanislaw Hroncich, perjlll'J. .13532 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE OCTOBER 10 AnnaS. Hoffman, perjury and forgery. Jeanne Langer, perjury and forgery. Harry E. Russel, perjury. Cataldo Leo, perjury. Lena G. Hendel, perjury ~ Apostal Lushanovic, perjury and bigamy. Josef Hirschowitz, perjury and forgery. Eric F. Lerch, theft. · . · . Marco A. G. Hroncich, perjury. Carmela Leotta, perjury. Joseph Belich, perjury. Antonio Lubich, perjury. Giovanni Hroncich, perjury. Giuseppe Lorusso, forgery. Joseph Herschmann, perjury and forgery. Anna C. Di Liberto, physically defective, likely become public Henry S. Harrington, theft. charge, and forgery. Nora Hennelly, forgery. · Teodoro Leon, burglary, perjury, and subornation of perjury. John D. Higgins, public charge. Peitro Lorusso, forgery. · · George F. Hearne, perjury. Matteo Manzi, perjury and mf!,rriage-license fraud. Bernard Healey, previous attack of insanity and immigration Stanislaw Matu3zewski, perjury and illiteracy. fraud. Nassif Mahfooz, perjury. · · Johann Herold, re-entry-permit fraud. Julia de Marchi,. forgery. Elie Hadziangelou, perjury and forgery. Charles F. Murchison, smuggling. · .Timothy Healy, perjury. Desidero Mazzella, perjury. · Cenobio Herrera, prostitute procurer. Crazio Migliorata, perjury. Effie Hamil, perjury. Aaron Miller (Muller), perjury and forgery. Daniel Harry Berliner, perjury. August A. Meyer, perjury.' Angelo Innocenti, perjury. Bojka Popova Milankov, p'erjury and forgery. Ivan Ivancev, perjury. Gerlando Mirasola, perjury and forgery. Francesco Incorvaia, illiteracy. Mariano Mirti, perjury. George Arthur Ingoldby, perjury. Frederick V. Mauro, perjury. Joseph Ichtertz, theft. Refugio Munoz, previous deportation as a prostitute. Herman Juristicansky, perjury and forgery. Steven Moshluk, perjury. Thomas E. Jones, perjury. Alessandro Mattioda, perjury and forgery. Carlos De Jesus, perjury. Salvatore di Martino, fraud and conspiracy in obtaining relief in Antonio Joaquim, perjury and forgery. United States. · Winnifred T. Jordan, likely become. public charge. Eulalia Moreno, perjury and illiteracy. John Jordan, likely become public charge. Antonio de Miranda Vas, perjury and forgery. Tito Jiminez, physically defective and likely become public charge. Felicitas Morales, public c;harge. Augustus L. St. James, previous attack of insanity. William K. McDormand, theft. Christ Jurkoff, perjury. Emil Milost, perjury. Michele Juliana, perjury and forgery. Luigi Martini, perj:ury. Katharine Just, perjury and forgery. Franciszek Machnik, perjury and forgery. Oscar S. Johnson, conspiracy and extortioi}. Felice Musci, perjury. · James Theodore Johnson, aiding and abetting shoplifting. Domenico Monastieri, perju.ry. Nicolo Kanyer, perjury. W. Robert Montgomery, violation of New York State banking Henriette M. Kantor, perjury and forgery. laws. Hermann Kass, perjury. Esperanza Q. de Morales, perjury. Katarzyna Kat, perjur-y. Nikola Mlskov, perjury. Walter Klein, perjury. Guadalupe Martinez, likely become public charge. Anton Kuvac, perjury. Juan Martinez, likely become public charge. Chaim Kaplan, perjury and forgery. Abraham Mogolewski, perjury and forgery. Abraham Kotler, perjury and forgery. Mary McCombe, perjury and forgery. August K. F . Koch, theft. Gittel Mart, perjury. : Perla Kaufman, forgery. John Mann, perjury in deportation proceedings. Berta Kraemer, perjury and forgery. Hercule Le May, likely become public charge. Esther Klug Wiener, perjury~ · Jose M. Munoz, illiteracy. . . Louis Kotyuk, perjury and forgery, Manuel Moncada, perjury in .deportation proceedings. - Magdalena Kulifay, perjury and forgery. Pasquale Mastroianni, perjury: .. · Jack L. Knudsen, perjury and fraudulent claim to American citi- Ursula: Muniza, perjury and· forgery. zenship in order to obtain employmen_t. Salvatore Messina, perjury. . . , . Despina A. A. Kermetzoglous, per.jury and forgery. Giovanni di Meglio, perjury. Frank Kovach, perjury and.forgery. Norena B. MacKinnon, tuberculosis. Mary Pauline Kaufman, likely become public charge. Niko Miskov, perjury. . Alfred Thomas Kaufman, likely become -public charge. Sora-Rywa Mostczenik, perjury and· forgery. Patrick Kane, illiteracy. William May McCann, perjury. . Jan Kulik, perjury and forgery. Juan Mendiola, burglary and· illiteracy. Enrico Kolich, perjury. Leonard C. Moffatt, theft. · · · John Kopas, perjury and forgery. Jean C. Mummah; bigamy. Tillie Kopenhagen, perjury and forgery. Civita .Mazzella, likely become public charge. Epaminondas Kopogiannis, perjury. Maria Mazzolini, perjury and forgery. Maria C. Kwasny, perjury and forgery. Augusto de Miranda, perjury. . Joseph Kvartek, perjury. Helen ;Moisides, perjury and forgery. Nor.a Kickham, perjury and forgery. Bonfiglio Mosconi, perjury and forgery .. Nicholas Kusmanich, perjury and forgery. Pasquale Maiello, perjury and forgery. Anna Kujawa, perjury. Thomas Moore, perjury. · Lipman Kufheiser, perjury. Santos Marchan, likely become public charge. Shepsel Kushelewich, forgery. Edward Milnthorpe, perjury. Joseph H. Kendal, perjury and forgery. Giacomo Monastero, perjury and forgery. John Kulla, theft. Jack F. Malta, larceny. Julja Sankowska Krause, perjury and forgery. Giulio Muttinelli, theft. Isidor Katzenellenbogen, perjury and forgery; special act later Pietro Marsala, forgery. passed by Congress to admit this alien. Francesco de Masi, perjury. Joseph Kirincich, perjury. Sebastiana Monticciolo, perjury and forgery. Diego Lanza, perjury and forgery. Mary S. Maddock, likely become public charge. Giuseppe Lucarelli, perjury and forgery. Vincenzq Mutolo, perjury. Giovanni Lubicich, perjury. Felix B. Moreno, physically defective . . , Jacob Leibowitz, perjury and forgery. Giuseppe Mazzilli, perjury. Mario Lamerba, perjury. Aldo L. Mazzoni, theft and perjury. Macek Lechtensztejn, perjury. Archibald Edward McClarty, theft. Elisa Del S. Lupini, perjury and forgery. Lawrence Arthur McClelland, rape. Mar ja Lemanski, perjury. Joseph Micl;laud, perjury and forgery. William Lypen, perjury. Ru.:s ell H. Martin, theft. Camille Letendre, physically defective and likely become public Salvatore Mandala, perjury and forgery. charge. Leonard J. Martel, perjury. Diego Leo, larceny, carrying concealed weapons, and failure to Domingo Alvarez Morais, sodomy, larceny, and receiving stolen pay taxes. goods. Sabatini Leo, perjury and forgery. Demetrios Neohoritis, perjury. Leopqld A. Lindsay, perjury. Max Natenson, perjury and forgery. Claudio Leal, illiteracy. Gerhard H. Nordenbrook, theft. Pas Leal, likely become public charge. Charles J. Nahid, perjury. Eduard Silberg, perjury. Angela Nahid, perjury. John Logghe, perjury. Edith M. Nye, pauper, likely become public charge, ancl assisted Mandl Leibick, perjury and forgery. alien. · 1940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 13533 Goldie Novossel, perjury and forgery. Bernardino Rossi, perjury. Francesco Napoli, physically defective, llliterate, and likely become Roberto de la Rosa, likely become public charge. public charge. David J. Raymond, likely become nublic charee. Peter Naum, perjury in deportation proceedings. Antonio G. Rios, perjury . . Natalia Nunez de Navarrette, perjury in immigration proceedings. Carmela Roman, perjury. Charles J. Nahid, perJury. Carlo Resta, perjury. Giuseppe Nacinovich, perjury. Bernardo Staffetta, perjury. Camille Neuenschwander, perjury. Victor C. Da Silva, perjury. Giovanni Notaro, perjury and forgery. Francesco Sapienza, perjury. Angelo Oddo, perjury and incestuous marriage and cohabitation Antonio Sgargliardich, perjury. . in the State of New York. Antonio Soares Carinha, perjury and forgery. John Obradovic, perjury and forgery. Giuseppe Sciacca, perjury. Elijah Opatowski, perjury. Bernard J. Springett, theft. Alberta C. Olmedo, public charge. Simche Storch, perjury. John J. O'Neill, perjury and forgery. Jacob Steiner, perjury. Joao M. de Oliveira, perjury. Giuseppe Sucato, perjury and forgery. Frank Ogrisseg, bigamy. Alexander Szucs, perjury and forgery. Heinrich Oehlke, perjury. Evan Stoyanoff, theft. Nicola Palombella, perjury. Mandel Sztern, perjury and forgery. Antonio Prestigiacomo, perjury and forgery. Rodolfo Scopaz, perjury. Joseph Plisich, perjury. Daniel A. Sobreiro, perjury. Sergio Parco, perjury. Kasryl Szatman, perjury. Carlo d1 Pinto, perjury and forgery. Sam Storch, perjury. Wojciech Puzio, perjury and forgery. Victor R . Stewart, theft. Krystina Pyrcz, perjury and forgery. Matija Sega, perjury. Silvio Pastine, perjury and conspiracy. Joseph Sabbath (Urjasovicius), perjury. Giuseppe Panico, perjury. Benny Schmukler, perjury and forgery. Giogio Pecoraro, perjury and forgery. Eric Schafer, perjury. Zarko Popov, perjury and forgery. Rachel Schildkraut, perjury. Giuseppe Patinella, perjury. Paolo Scarola, perjury and forgery. · Silvio Picarell1, perjury. Agata Szot, perjury. Antonio Pravenzano, perjury and forgery. Thomas Sweeney, perjury and forgery. Constantine F. Polis, obtaining money under false pretenses. Peter J. Straetmans, perjury. Nicola Publiano, ·perjury. Robert E. Storm, perjury, several offenses, and likely to become Gaetano Pafumi, perjury. public charge·. Bruno Pontello, perjury. Giuseppe Salvatore Prestia, perjury. Simon Peniowycz, perjury. Marie K . Skadra, perjury. Francesco Paradino, perjury. Andrea Sosa, likely to become public charge. Jose F. Pintasilgo,. theft. Ascencion Salinas, perjury and illiteracy. Guglielmo Li Pera, forgery. Bernard S. A. Studentkowski, perjury. Eugenio Pupa, perjury. Arthur Santangelo, larceny. Spyridon Petratos, previous attack of insanity, public charge, Manuel Sustaita, physically defective. previously deported. Faustino Sustaita, perjury in deportation proceedings. John L. Pinchus, perjury. Theodore Steinberg, perjury. ' Gio B. Polo, perjury. Chawa Chana Steinberg, perjury. Kamila Pigill, perjury and forgery. Maria Stoika, forgery. Attilo Picano, perjury and forgery. Alexander Sykes, larceny. Giuseppe W. Palma, illiteracy. Lorn C. Sears, burglary. Helen B. Perry, mentally defective and likely become public Dorothy M. Simpson, perjury in deportation proceedings. charge. Minna Blumenstein Slutzkin, conviction under section 22 (b) of Marcos Portillo, theft. Immigration Act of 1924. Victoria R. de Puentes, perjury and forgery. Harry Schlusberg, perjury and forgery. Francesco Perrotta, perjury. Eleanora Siwek, perjury and forgery. Enrico Paone, likely become public charge. Antonio J. da Silva, perjury and forgery. Edwardo Paliott1, perjury. Tomas S. Salinas, perjury. Paraska Powanda, perjury. · Emilia M. M. Siordia, perjury and forgery. Nicholas Pellegrini, perjury and forgery. Ernes.t H. Stahl, receiving stolen property. Eugenia S. de Palencia, perjury. Gaetano Scotti, bigamy. Joseph L. Plasse, larceny. Carl Wilhelm Smolka, larceny and burglary. Giuseppe Pinto, illiteracy. Ladone Parascandalo, reentry permit and naturalization frauds. Mary Z. Shargabian, bigamy. Biagio Patrizio, perjury. Nicholas Schneider, grand larceny. Fernando Pint, perjury. Giovanno Strano, perjury. Francesco Pafum1, perjury. Dominic Sandrelli, theft and breaking and entering. Agapito Di Piro, perjury. Milburn G. H. Shier, perjury and forgery. Desidero Palermo, perjury. Efthalia J. Saitas, reentry-permit fraud. Engelbert Preis, deported in 1923 as a Communist. Arran Shore, theft. Francis A. Quider, theft. Jose Salinas, perjury. Richard Carl Rigge, perjury. Paul Stc;me (Stolnitzky), perjury, physically defective, and likely Chuna Ruben Apelbaum, perjury. become public charge. Lorenz Rathje, bigamy. Friedrich Schlirf, perjury. Patrick J. Reilly, perjury. Herman Salinger, perjury and forgery. Theodor Rosenberg, perjury. Zalel Strassler, perjury. Joseph Rosenwein, perjury. Carlos Santaniello, perjury. Juibert De Ruiter, fraud in connection with the illegal manufac- Angelo 6. Scarola, perjury. ture of liquors. Calogero Sgaraglino, perjury and forgery. Balin! Recsanszki, perjury. David TUcker, theft. Sebastian Romero, perjury. Ramon de la Torre, burglary. - Anton Rogovic, perjury. Polyxenl Tsoukalos, forgery. Giuseppe Richeda, perjury. Giovanni B. Toffolo, perjury and forgery. Sara Rivera, public charge. Giuseppe Tominovich, perjury. Isidro Ruiz, perjury. William H. Taylor, perjury. Helen Reiner Burger, perJury and forgery. William E. Tomlinson, perjury. Corrado Rutigliano, perjury. Andrea Turco, perjury. Joseph Ruttera, perjury. Edwin W. Thomasson, perjury. Juan Raye, likely become public charge. Soledad Tapia, likely become public charge. Mathilde Raya, likely become public charge. Luigio Fior Dei Tos, perjury and forgery. Alice Rubenstein, perjury and forgery. J. A. Tetreault, theft. Juan Rivas, illiterate. Nicola Tondo, perjury and theft and assault and assaUlt and Atanasio Rodriguez, illiteracy. battery. Lazor Rubinsznajder, perjury and forgery. John Tichy, physically defective. Antonio Rodrigues, perjury and forgery. Manuel Taboada, perjury. Walerja Rijanowska, perjury and forgery. William F. Tap, likely become public charge. Nicola Rinaldi, likely become public charge. Encarnacion Torres, smuggling. Susanne Rosen, perjury. Felice Tatricone, perjury and forgery. Domenico Ronzetti, perjury in registry proceedings. Manuel Trueira, perjury. Abraham J. Rosenfeld, perjury and forgery. Sergio Di Terlizzi, perjury. 13534 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE OCTOBER 10 Santo Tedesco, perjury and forgery. in the years to come. As . far as that is concerned, as I said Giuseppe C. Tramontin, perjury. to him before, he probably represents the only district in the Antonio Tercovich, perjury. Michele Taglich, perjury and forgery. United States from which he could be elected to Congress. Domenico Tornabene, perjury. . He certainly could not be elected from mine, with the kind of Jose! Urjeszewicz, perjury and forgery. speeches he has been making here on the floor. Pablo Uribe, perjury. Weronika Urbanek, perjury and forgery. Mr. Speaker, I want to say with reference to the Committee Peter Vogel, theft. on Immigration, that I reserve the right to critio.ize any man Edouard Vermeiren, theft. on this floor in a legitimate way. Probably no two men on Franco Varisco, perjury and forgery. Ezio de Vecchi, perjury. this floor have criticized each other more severely or more Joseph Veseliza, perjury. consistently than the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Joseph Vaselesky, repeated theft and other crimes. RICH] and your humble servant, but we have done it, I hope, William A. Vagt, rape. in a way that was legitimate and was intended to redound to Leon Vanooteghem, perjury. Fernando Vela, likely become public charge. the common good. If a member of the Committee on Immi Anna Voelker, tuberculosis. gration does anything wrong, I h~tve the same right to criticize Juan Valdez, perjury in deportation proceedings. him as if he were a member of my own committee, and I shall Giovanni Vitulli, forgery. Iekas L. Vinikas, perjury and forgery. not hesitate to do so. Giovanni Vallar, perjury. The gentleman from New York [Mr. DICKSTEIN] raises the Angelo Vecchio, perjury. question that some of these men he wants to let in by a spe Albin Anton Wait, perjury in deportation proceedings. cial dispensation might help in the defense program. Let me Joseph Weber, perjury. Estelle Weiner, perjury and forgery. say that we have enough Americans to take care of the de Ruth Winkelstein Radin, perjury. fense program in America. [Applause.] I am in favor of Bessie H. Waldman, perjury. using them and not invitin,g somebody in from the outside. Max Weinrib, perjury and forgery. Alfred J. Willis, theft. The gentleman from New York says he was the father of Veronica Wojcik; perjury. the Dies committee. Ah, we cannot forget his activity with Frank A. Walden, perjury. reference to the creation of the Dies committee. He did in Romany H. Wertz, previous attack of insanity. troduce a resolution and we Members who did not agree with Helena Wojtarowicz, perjury and forgery. Lilian Wall, bigamy. him, who wanted a real investigation such as the gentleman Jose Wheeler, criminal assault. from Texas, MARTIN DIES, and his committee have put on, Anton Weir, perjury. took it away from him, so t.o speak, and passed ·a real resolu Tomas N. Xavier, perjury. Agatha M. Yakavonis, perjury and forgery. tion creating the Dies committee, which is putting on a real Eugenio Zappa, perjury. investigation, measured by old-line American standards. We Carmelina R. Zacchino, perjury. did not want a Dickstein committee. · Eugene Zappa, perjury. Domenico Zuccaro, perjury and forgery. He criticizes us for the amount of money the Dies com Calogero Zaccaria, perjury. mittee has spent. Every dollar that committee has spent has. George Zemlan, forgery. been more than justified. Its good cannot be measured in Innocenzo Zanlunghi, perjury and forgery. dollars and cents. It has done the American people a service Maria Zanlunghi, perjury and forgery. for which they will manifest their gratitude throughout the Mr. RICH. Mr. Speaker, if we permit people to come to years to come. Yes; I was one of the men who supported the this country who are criminals arid who have criminal records opposition when the motion of the gentleman from New York and permit them to remain in this country, then we do an [Mr. DICKSTEIN] came up, because I could think of nothing injustice to America and to American laws. Whoever is re that would be more ridiculous than to take the Dies commit sponsible ought to see to it that those people are deported tee away from the gentleman from Texas, MARTIN DIES, and and that they are not ever permitted to come to this country turn it .over to the gentleman from New York [Mr·. DicKSTEIN]. again, because we do not want criminals here. We want [Applause.] law-abiding Americans. Now, Mr. Speaker, I presume it is in order. I think it will Mr. RANKIN. Will the gentleman yield? be voted down, but I move the previous question. Mr. RICH. I yield to the gentleman. The previous question was ordered. Mr. RANKIN. Nobody is criticizing all the members of the Mr. DICKSTEIN. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry. Committee on Immigration. We are criticizing the policy The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. that has grown up in recent years that we want to stop. Mr. DICKSTEIN. There is nothing before the House ex Mr. RICH. I appreciate that. I thought that some of cept the motion I have made. the Members had the idea when statements were made with The SPEAKER. And on that the previous question has reference to this immigration that we were trying to criticize been ordered. · Members of Congress. I will criticize them if they permit Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. these people to come to our shores unlawfully, if they are Mr. RANKIN. If the motion to refer is voted down then going to permit them to come here and take the jobs of the question before the House will be on the overriding of the American citizens. We want to protect our own American veto. Is that correct? citizens. I say it is time then to get after the committee, The SPEAKER. The gentleman is correct. because we owe it to our American laborers, our American The question is on the motion of the gentleman from New farmers, and our American businessmen to take care of our York [Mr. DICKSTEIN] that the bill and the message together selves first. Then if we can do anything to help foreign with the accompanying papers be referred to the Committee countries, that is all right. [Applause.] on· Immigration and Naturalization. [Here the gavel fell.] The question was taken; and on a division (demanded by Mr. RANKIN. Mr. Speaker, in reply to the gentleman from Mr. DICKSTEIN) there were-ayes 17, noes 62. · California [Mr. GEYER], I desire to say that he misleads the Mr. HOLMES. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the House when he tells them that we from the South represent ground a quorum is not present. only a handful of voters. As a matter of fact, we settle our Mr. DICKSTEIN. Mr. Speaker, I was on my feet. I object controversies in the primaries. When the general election to the vote on the ground a quorum is not present. comes along there is no competition. Therefore, very few The SPEAKER. The gentleman from New York [Mr. people go to the polls. DICKSTEIN] objects to the vote on the ground there is not a I want to say to the gentleman from California that if he quorum present. The gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. will be just as diligent in getting rid of alien Communists, HoLMES] objects to the vote on the same ground. Evidently such as Harry Bridges, whom he defended on this floor, as we a quorum is not present. The Doorkeeper will close the doors, are to maintain peace and·protect the rights of the people of the Sergeant at Arms will notify absent Members, and the our section of the country, California might be proud of him Clerk will call the roll. 1940 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE 13535 The question was taken; and there were-yeas 108. nays Routzonn Sheppard Sullivan Wallgren Ryan Sheridan Sutphin Walter 105, not voting 216. as follows: Sabath Short Sweeney Ward {Roll No. 232] Sacks Simpson Taber Warren Sandae:er Smith, Til. TarvP.r Weaver YEAB-108 Satteriield Smith, Maine Tenerowtcz Welch Alexander Dickstein Jenkins, Ohio Osmers Schaefer. Ill. Smith, Ohio Thlll West Allen, La. Dingell Johnson, Ill. O'Toole Schiffler · Smith, Wash. Thomas, N.J. Wh1re, Ohio Arends Ditter JohnsonJnd. Rabaut ~chuetz Smith, W.Va. Thomas, Tex. Wigglesworth Austin Dunn Jonkman Ramspeck Schwert Snyder Thorkelson Wllliams, Mo. Blackney Eberharter Kean Beed,N. Y. Scrugham Starnes, Ala. Tolan Winter Bloom Engel Kennedy, Md. Rees,Kans. Seceombe Steagall Vincent, Ky. Wolfenden, Pa. Bolles Fulmer Knutson Rich Secrest Stearns. N. H. Wadsworth Wolverton. N.J. Bradley. Pa. Gamble Kunkel Rogers, Mass. Buck Gavagan L.ambertson Sasscer Mr. O'NEAL~ Mr. BLACKNEY, Mr. O'CONNOR. and Mr. GRANT Camp Gearhart Landis Schulte changed their vote from "nay" to "yea!' Carlson Gerlach Lesinski Shafer, .Mich. Carter Geyer, Call!. McArdle Sh.anlev Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker-- Case, S. Dak. Grant. Ala. AicCorme.Clt Shannon The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Massachusetts. Chiperfield Grant, Ind. McGranery Smith. Conn. Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker. may I inaUire the result Church Gross McLaue:h!in Somers, N. Y. Coffee, Wash. Guyer. Kans. McLean Stefan of the roll call just taken? Cole,Md. Gwynne McMillan. Clara Sweet The SPEAKER. On this roll call 213 Members have an Connery Hall. Leonard W. Mass T9J.le swered-lOB yeas a.nd 105 nays. This is 3 short of a cruorum. Costello Hart Mason Terry Cravens Harter,N. Y. Michener Tf.bbott ADJOUilNMENT Crawford mnshe.w Monltlewtcz Tinkham Crosser Hoffman Mundt Treadway Mr. McCORMACK. Mr. Speaker, in v1ew of the situation Culkin Holmes Murray Van Za.ndt that exists, which is obvious t!(l all of us. and of neces.o:;ity, I Curtis Hope Norton Voorhis. Cl\11!. D ' Alesandro Horton O'Connor Wolcott move that the House do now adjourn. Delaney Hunter Oliver Woodruff. J:.fich Mr. SCHAFER of Wisconsin. Mr. SpeaKer. I demand a Dempsey Jarman O'Neal Youne;dahl second to the motion. NAY8-105 'I'he SPEAKER. Under the rUle the demand for a ~P.cond Andersen,.H. Carl Doxey Kitchens Reed, lJl. Anderson, Mo. Durham L11.nham Rogers. Okla. is in order. The question is on ordering a second. Andresen, A. H. Ellis Larrabee Rutherford The question was taken; and there were-ayes 144. noes 3. Angell EnglebrJght Leavy Schafer. Wis. So a second 10vas ordered. Barden.N. C. Ford, Miss. LeComnte Smith, Va. Bates, Ky. Gathings Lewis, Colo. South Mr. DICKSTEIN. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inaUiry. Beckworth Gehrmann Ludlow Sparkman 'I'he SPEAKER. 'I'he gentleman will state it. Bland Gillie McGehee Spencs bill Boehne Goodwin McGregor Springer Mr. DICKSTEIN. The vote on the motion to refer the Boykin Gore Mahon Sumner. IJl. to the committee being yeas 108, nays 105. what will happen Brown, Ga. Gossett Maloney Sumners. TP.X. to the motion if the House adjourns? Bryson Gregorv Martin, Iowa. Taylor Buckler, Minn. Harness Massinllale Thomason The SPEAKER. 'I'he motion will be the f;ontlnUing tmsi Bnlwinkle Hawks May - Vinson. Ga.. ness before the House when it convenes on MondaY. Burdick Hendricks Mills, Ark. Vorys, Ohio The question is on the motion to adjourn. Byrns, Tenn. Hill Monron~ Vreela-nd Chapman Hobbs Moser Wheat The motion was agreed to; accordingly