Evening star., 1952-09-09
Replies to Question
On Immigration Act

Replies to Question
On immigration Act
@. Congressman McGregor):
I am McGregor of the 18th dis
trict of Ohio. Gen. Eisenhower,
we recognize your tremendous
experience with NATO. Possibly
you haven't had the time to go
into the details of the McCar-
ran-Walter immigration Act. I
wonder II you would care to give
us your views on the McCarran-
Walter Act?
A. (GeneraD: You are quite
correct that I have not had time
to go into the details. 1t is a
matter that to my mind must
be settled, and it is a specific
point in question. must be set
tied with a complete judgment
OF the Congress. Now, we must
not lose, as nation, our great
place as the haven of the politi-
cally oppressed in the world. We
must hold out hope to those who
are against communism. They
cannot combat communism be-
hind the Iron Curtain and then
be homeless waits. We must not
forget that our Nation has been
made great by that kind of i'm
migration. We do want to select
our immigrants; we want to
make certain that the mentally
or the morally unfit cannot en-
ter here. I do not know what the
details of that bill are. but I say
this to you, Mr.. Congressman:
II God-fearing. loyal. dedicated
Americans can't work out q
proper immigration bill for this
country, then I don't think we
are worthy Of our own past, be-
cause our own past Is one Of
immigration. That is a very gen.
eral statement of policy and
principle, but it Is all tina I can
give you.
@. Congressman Deveraux):
General. considering your back
ground. do you have any spe-
cif1c program for the reduction
Of military expenditures?
A. (GeneraD: Gen. Deveraux,
I will tell you what I have: I
believe that it is high time that
the citizens Of America are
finding out that this military
business is their business. They
have been ducking the RESPONSE
bility too long under the excuse
that this is a thing for experts.
I believe that we have got to
bring into the Pentagon the
right of the business men of
the United States, properly
organized and set up in a COM
misSon-business men, profess
sional engineers, fine personnel
directors and that sort of thing,
and efficiency experts-to find
the waste first. I am not talk
ing about the quantity and the
type Of defense units that we
have. But am talking about the
waste in procurement, the waste
in storage, the waste in distri-
button, the waste in everything
we do through great duplica-
tions. Until We get business
brains in a $50 billion busi-
nesS-and I mean business
brains that will be respected by
the Congress. we are not going
to save the money that we can
without losing one gun. one
tank. one plane. one ship. one
anything just because Of that.
After that I believe again, that
the citizens through that kind
OF examination. getting such
men. let's say. as K. T. Keller,
and Charles Wilson on the Job
and examine this thing, we have
to say: Where is the line be-
tween just sheer equipment that
grows obsolete and wears out
and the other line of direct
threat against us in a time of
what you might call surprise
attack? We must always have
enough of the equipment, the
trained men and units through
what I call the avoidance of
disaster period. Beyond that we
want the brains of America to
show us how to mobilize this
country rapidly So that we do
not break ourselves by trying to
keep too much of the sterile,
negative organizations, we call
military" with US all the time.
We lust can't have it. So my