The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-04

the bill providing for the deportation OF
alien enemies, Representative Helm OF
Alabama and Representative Moore OF
Pennsylvania clashed.
Mr. Heflin rebuked the Pennsylvania
for having uttered remarks judged to lie
deprecatory of the bill in question, ana
thu verbatim account:
/ Mr. Heflin: Mr., Chairman, 1 regret to
hear the voice of any member of this
House raised in opposition to this meri-
| torious measure-this great American
! measure / did not believe that any gen
| tleman in the House would lift MS voice
| against it, I am surprised at the gen.
| tloman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Moore),
| who Is possessed of such bitter dlsnke
| for the able and faithful Attorney Cen
| eral of the United States, Mitchell Pal
mer. that he has permitted that, | fear,
| to warp his judgment and to poison his
! American system to the extent of putting
| hum in opposition to the deportation OF
the enemies of our country. God OF our
| fathers! Save the mark! These men who
| were here conspiring against the repuo'
lie, destroying property, blowing up mu.
milton plants, and numbering war work
ers when our boys were lighting at the
| front--doing everything in their power to
/ paralyze the strong arm of our govern
nent during the war against Germany
| they are here now. L am IN favor OF
deportng every one of them, and the
| sooner we send them out of the country
| the better (Applause.) They are back OF
| every disturbance in the country now.
| They had hand in the recent race
trouble in the city Of Washington and
they are operating in Chicago at this
very hour They are back of every dew
| iltsh move in America that seeks to dis
turb the country that conquered Ger
many. (Applause) That is what they are
doing. I know that the gentleman does
| not speak for majority of the repuo-
| licans on that side any more than ne
| speaks for the democrats on this side.
| One in a hill-let it be that way-When
] his vote is counted. My God, are we now,
when Germany is fighting to the death
| the league of nations, doing all in her
power to defeat its ratification by Amer
| lea so that she can be left free to make
ready for another war, are we to leave
| her ,hellish agents here in America free
to spread the poison Of bolshevism, OF
red-flagism and anarchy, or are we going
| to stand erect, Americans to the core,
| united against these enemies or our
country?'' (Applause.)
T, Mr.. Moore of Pennsylvania: Mr.. Chair
man, l move to strike out the last word.
| "God of our fathers" Uaughter) The
| gentleman from AldpdHld tSlI. IiCAiiiD IN
! back. The House and the country will
/ be delighted to know that fact. Had it
not been for the intrusion by the gentle
man from Pennsylvania of few brief
| remarks on this more or less important
| bill the country would have been un-
! aware, as would the White House. also,
of the return of our distinguished
| friend
| Mr.. Heflin: ooh, I haye been here OBJ
serving the gentleman and his move
| ments for a couple of weeks
| Mr.. oMore of Pennsylvania: +" Cor of
{, orr fatherst' If I had known that Qaugh-
| ter)---
| Mr. Heflin: 1.-THE God of our fathers is
| far removed from the cause that the
gentleman now espouses."
Mr.. Moore OF Pennsylvania: eff | had
known that God of our fathers"-I
! would have given due notice so that a
| suitable audience might have been here
! this morning to hear the patriotic utter
/ ances of the gentleman who has been
| burning up the railroad ties throughout
| the cotton belt smothering the exchanges
with his eloquence God of our fathers!
! Had I the voice and the power of the
gentleman from Alabama eMr. Heflin)--
Mr.. Heflin: II have been trying to
| smother out the alien enemies OF the
| country"
Mr.. Moore of Pennsylvania: God of
our fathersl' Then with what words OF
eloquence would have shivered the Cir
| cumambient air and have sprung them
on an unsuspect:ng audence-such words
as would delight the coolies of the hearts
of the constituents of the gentleman
| from Ala bama-'God of our fathers. But
| 10, alas, and alas, and again alas,
am incapable in this presence. where
every American eye and every Ameri-
can voice is directed against the pro-
' T. - ,,%{ oyr,f d
| den at this time from calling on the god
| of flamboyant bunk to come to my res
| cue for l am yet suffering the pangs
| that come from the darts of the gentle
mans redundancy and can not proceed
| further in this recpect. God of our faith
| ers!
| II would that a distinguished citizen
of this nation. who, like the gentleman
from Alabama, has been sojourning
| hence for a period not quite so long,
might have heard this reaffirmation of
| intense patriotism that throbS and burns
| in the very heart Of the eloquent gentle
man from Alabama, but that gentleman
! is occupied with other duties one of
which is to have confirmed by another
| body, If possible. little amendment to
the treaty Of nations that was Tipped
| in by the counsel for the alien property
| custodian, which provided that property
| seized in the United States shall stay
| seized, so that no claim by the owner
can ever be made valid against him. Oh,
| if had the mind and the thought and
the oratorical flights of the gentleman
| from Alabama and could spring alive
without notice to the defense of the adj
ministration as easily as ne does I might
refer to some of the reasons that actu-
| ated him in touring the southern tier in
| order that none of the votes and perhaps
none of the editorial writer's might slip
away from the present occupant of the
| White House.
! IT am delighted that in this short de-
| bate. harmless as it began. the Leviathan
| of southern oratory should suddenly APP
| pear to detend the administration and
| the Attorney General of the United
! States. and that he proposes to take unto
| his bosom the alien property custodian,
who is also president Of the Chemical
| Foundation Unc.) in Delaware. with
tock at $780, 0o0----
y The Chairman: THE time of the gen.
| tleman has expired"
| Mr. Moore of Pennsylvania: "God of
| our fathers!
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