Evening star., 1951-10-28
Major Overhaul
OF immigration
Laws Proposed
00-Pose Bill Drown
After Two Years Of
Senote-House Study
By Robert K. WoIsh

"A ScleCGlVe metllOQ OF dQmIts
ting aliens especially needed and
wanted by this country and with
out discrimination against race or
sex will be proposed to Congress
in January.
Those are key points in plans for
the first real overhauling of the
immigration and naturalization
laws. it was learned yesterday.
The revision proposed by the
Senate Judiciary Committee results
from Senate and House, studied
during more than two years. It
embodies provisions from earlier
bills and accepts suggestions from
interested organizations. But IL
contains major changes or modi-
fications Of its own.
For the first time it puts into a
single legislative codification the
basic statutes. special enactments
and hundreds of amendments
dealing with all phases and pro-
Icedures of immigration, deporta-
ton. naturalization and registra-
ton.
300-Page Bill Ready.
AS soon as Congress reconvenes
IN January the committee plans
to report out a 300-page bill
which would:
!. Establish a "selectivitv"
geared more directly to needs Of
the United States but keeping the
long g-standing national origins
quota system. It would allow en-
try OF a larger percentage of i'm
migrants from the standpoint of
their prospective benefits to this
country.
2. Remove barriers to admission
OF Japanese. Koreans, Burmese.
Polynesians, Maoris and Samoans.
1t would set annual quotas for
such groups within a DESIGNATED
Asia-Pacific triangle. It would
not interfere with the existing
overall annual immigration quota
total OF approximately 154, 900.
5. Give to alien husbands Of
american citizens the same con-
sideration that the present law
provides for alien wives. Alien
husbands now are entitled to non
quota status only if the marriage
occurred before January /. ls4s.
Better Screening Sought.
4. Incorporate in a "uniied"
immigration and naturalization
statute the basic sections of the
internal Security Act of 1850 and
and at better screening of aliens
to cope with possible subyersiye
influences and other security risks.
5. Create in the State Depart
ment a Bureau Of Security and
consular Affairs to administer is
suance Of passports and visas.
lIhis bureau would have some au.
thorlty similar to that of the Com.
missioner Of immigration. Federal
Bureau Of Investigation. and Cen
tral Intelligence Agency.
s. Try to increase efficiency Of
agencies dealing with immipra-
tlon and naturalization processes.
Also attempt to tighten or more
clearly define regulations concern
ing admission-or barrine-of
aliens seeking entry either for
permanent or temporary residence.
Although much broader. the
committee bill covers certain
ground envisioned in a bill intro
ouced on the last day Of the 1851
session by Senator Lehman.
democrat. of New York. Co-spon-
sors were Democratic Senator's
humphrey of Minnesota, Benton
OF Connecticut. Kilgore of West
virginia, Kefauver of Tennessee.
Moody of Michigan, Murray of
Montana, Douglas of Illinois.
Magnuson Of Washington, Postore
OF Rhode Island and Gillette of
Iowa. and Republican Senators
Morse OF Oregon, LANCER of North
Dakota, Ives of New York, and
Hendrickson of New Jersey.
Preferences for 'Persecutees."
! Senator Lehman, explaining
that his measure made no attempt
to bring "all the desirable inn
iprovements in our immigration
laws" offered it as a new ap-
proach to the whole subject of
immigration"
Such an approach is vital" he
said, "if we are to discharge sue
cessfully our responsibilities as
world leaders and to demonstrate
to the world that we are sincere
in advocating principles based on
equality of men of all races and
nations"
That bill. referred to the Senate
Judiciary Committee, would allo-
cate unused portions of immigra-
tion quotas. especially for Western
European peoples, to persons Of