Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-04-14
Senator Reynolds Speaks
On Checking Immigration,
Attacks KerrCoolidge Bill Now in Congress as Being
tor Short Time Ago Published bv REQUEST

Annearing below in an address de-
rvcred by Senator Robert r. Rey-
nolds. of North Carolina, by radio the
night of Thursday, March IL, over sta
ton WMAI., Washington, d. G. The
address deals with the immigration
system in this country, and attacks
the Kerr-Coolidge measures as being
INADEQUATE for the needs. The address
is published by request, and is as fol-
lows:
Ladies and gentlemen, am not 60
ing to make a political speech. On the
contrary, 1 am making an appeal to
every citizen of the United States and
to every law-abiding alien who is
legally within the confines of our
country. There are now bills pending
in Congress which, in my opinion, are
a menace to our Nation and an insult
to every law-abiding alien who is
legally i'll the United States. 1 refer to
the Kerr-Coolidge bills.
l feel, as a United States Senator
representing the Great State of North
Carolina, and having at heart the in
terest of the whole Nation, that I
would be derelict in my duty if fail
ed to lay before you all the facts re-
garding the Kerr-Coolidge bills.
First. The Kerr-Coolidge bills, which
are identical, create an interdepart-
mental committee composed of a rep
resentative from the State Depart
ment, one from the Department of
Justice, and the third member from
the Department of Labor.
Second. The Kerr-Coolidge bills spe-
officially exempt from deportation
alien narcotic addicts.
Third. The Kerr-Coolidge bills grant
broad discretionary power to the pro-
posed interdepartmental committee al
lowing alien criminals of the most
dangerous, immoral, and diseased
classes to remain in the United States
for purely sentimental reasons. These
aliens are mandatorily deportable un-
der existing statutes.
Fourth. The Kerr-Coolidge bills
grant the same broad discretionary
power to the proposed interdepart-
mental committee to refrain from de-
porting aliens who enter the country
Illegally, or who remain here in viola
ton of the present law.
Fifth. The Kerr-Coolidge bills grant
broad discretionary power to the Com
missioner of immigration to allow an
alien admitted for temporary stay to
remain permanently in the country
despite the fact that in making ap-
plication for temporary admission, the
alien swore that he sought entry for
strictly 1irnitoI Of W.:
provision puts a premium on dis
honesty and bars the honest alien who
seeks to enter through legal channels
after securing his visa abroad.
Sixth. The Kerr-Coolidge bills grant
broad discretionary power to the pro-
posed interdepartmental committee to
permit an alien who is in the United
States in violation of the law to es-
cape deportation if he has a relative,
even by marriage or adoption, in the
United States, and this relative need
not be citizen of the United States.
Seventh. The Kerr-Coolidge bills, in
effect, nuffify the penal provisions of
the present laws which were drafted
to protect our country from an influx
of aliens.
IISlllAt' IlC AcLI-OOOllOSC DlllS are
strongly opposed by the Fl standard
railroad labor organizations, the Am
erican Federation of Labor, the Am
erican Legion, the Veterans of For
eign Wars, the Sons of the American
Revolution, the Junior Order of the
United American Mechanics, the Pa
troitic Order of the Sons of America
the Military Order Of the World War,
and the American Coalition of us
patriotic, civic, and fraternal societies
throughout the United States.
To give you an idea of how un-Am-
erican this proposed Kerr-Coolidge
legislation is, I want to state the
names of a few of the organizations
supporting this measure: The Ameri-
can Civil Liberties Union, which
everyone knows is the defender of
radical activities throughout the Ma
tion the International Migration Ser
vice, with headquarters in Geneva,
Switzerland, and British viscountess
as its honorary president; the Foreign
Language Information Service, which,
so far as / know, has never failed
to oppose immigration legislation de-
signed to protect the American peo-
pie; and the National Institute of I'M
migrant Aid
Let me add that the Commissioner
Of immigration and Naturalization
born in Scotland and a naturalized
citizen, says that every organization
he knows interested in the welfare OF
the alien has endorsed this bill.
Advocates of the Kerr-Coolidge bills
and they are led by the Department
of Labor-insist that opposition tc
their provisions is due to the fact that
the intent of these measures are not
understood. To the contrary, l believe
the opposition is due solely to the fact
that the intent and purposes of these
measures are thoroughly understood
by the opponents, and I am one Of
those opponents.
BY varying estimates, there are be-
tween five and eight million persons
In this country who owe no allegiance
to our Government. The Commission
er of immigration estimates tha
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