M. J. Congress. HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE Senate. COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION, SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON S. 1363 A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE DEPORTATION OF ALIENS INIMICAL S. 1364 A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF ALIENS IN THE S. 1365 A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROMPT DEPORTATION OF AND S. 1366 A BILL TO FURTHER REDUCE IMMIGRATION, TO AUTHORIZE OF FAMILIES THROUGH THE ENTRY OF ALIENS LEAVING DEPEND- ENTS ABROAD, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES APRIL 27, 29, AND 30, 1937 Printed for the use of the Committee on Immigration 147479 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1937 COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION RICHARD B. RUSSELL, JR., Georgia, Chairman WILLIAM H. KING, Utah ROYAL S. COPELAND, New York GEORGE MCGILL, Kansas FRANCIS T. MALONEY, Connecticut A. HARRY MOORE, New Jersey LEWIS B. SCHWELLENBACH, Washington JAMES H. HUGHES, Delaware HIRAM W. JOHNSON, California HENRIK SHIPSTEAD, Minnesota JOSEPH J. CHAPPELL, Clerk SUBCOMMITTEE ON S. 1363, S. 1364, S. 1365, AND S. 1366 A. HARRY MOORE LEWIS B. SCHWELLENBACH WARREN R. AUSTIN Cont. CONTENTS Page Mrs. Cecilia Razovsky Davidson, National Council of Jewish Women___ DEPORTATION OF ALIENS TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1937 UNITED STATES SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, in the committee room, room 412, Senate Office Building, at 10 a. m., Senator Lewis B. Schwellenbach (chairman of subcommittee) presiding. Present: Senator Schwellenbach (chairman). Present also: Hon. Robert R. Reynolds, a Senator from the State of North Carolina. Senator SCHWELLENBACH. Since this meeting was called, Senator Moore, a member of the subcommittee, was appointed on a committee to attend the funeral of Senator Bachman; and Senator Austin, the other member of the subcommittee, is a member of the Judiciary Committee, which is holding its first executive meeting this morning on the Supreme Court bill. If you have no objection, Senator Reynolds, I will proceed in the absence of the other members of the subcommittee. Perhaps they may come in later. Senator REYNOLDS. That is perfectly all right, Mr. Chairman. Senator SCHWELLENBACH. We have before us four bills, S. 1363, S. 1364, S. 1365, and S. 1366. I want to insert in the record first S. 1363, with the report which the Secretary of Labor has made on it; then following S. 1364, with the report of the Secretary of Labor thereon; then S. 1365, also with the report of the Secretary of Labor thereon; and S. 1366, with the report which the Secretary of Labor has made on the bill. (Said S. 1363, S. 1364, S. 1365, and S. 1366, with the reports of the Secretary of Labor upon each of said bills, are here set forth in full, as follows:) [S. 1363, 75th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To provide for the deportation of aliens inimical to the public interest and aliens on relief Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That any alien or group of aliens whose presence in the United States is proclaimed by the President to be inimical to the public interest shall upon warrant of the Secretary of Labor be taken into custody and deported forthwith. SEC. 2. The Secretary of Labor shall take into custody all aliens who have subsisted upon public or private relief for a period of six months after the enactment of this Act and deport them forthwith to the country of their origin: Provided, however, That if any alien desires to leave voluntarily for the country of his origin, or for another country, the Secretary of Labor is authorized to facilitate such voluntary departure. 1 |