Rep. A. Leonard Allen of Louisiana and Stephen Pace of Georgia today introduced bills to suspend immigration of aliens into the United States from the end of the present war until the number of unemployed persons in the United States is less than one millions.
Meanwhile, a resolution authorizing the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization “to study the basic problems affecting post-war immigration and naturalization” was referred to the Committee on Rules yesterday. Rep. Samuel Dickstein of N.Y. introduced the measure yesterday.
Rep. Will. L. Dawson of Illinois today introduced a resolution to create a special committee to make a full and complete study of race relations in the United States.
Rep. Dickstein also introduced a measure urging creation of additional “free ports” for refugees in the United States and, simultaneously, presented a concurrent resolution providing for the restoration of property confiscated by the Axis, which went to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and a concurrent resolution “declaring it to be un-American to participate in activities to create racial or religious disunity.” This measure went to the Judiciary Committee.
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