THE DICKSTEIN BILL TO BAR DICTATORSHIP ADVOCATES FROM CITIZENSHIP WAS REFERRED TO A SUBCOMMITTEE YESTERDAY FOR A DEFINITION OF THE TERM “DICTATORSHIP” AFTER NO MEMBER OF THE HOUSE IMMIGRATION COMMITTEE COULD ADEQUATELY DEFINE THE KEY WORD.
THE SUBCOMMITTEE, HEADED BY REP. SCHULTE, INDIANA, WHICH WILL MEET FRIDAY MORNING, WAS APPOINTED WHEN JAMES B. MULLEN, REPRESENTING THE NATIONAL MARITIME UNION, ASKED AT A COMMITTEE HEARING WHAT THE WORD MEANT AND NO ONE COULD ANSWER PROPERLY.
MR. MULLEN, ALTHOUGH TESTIFYING IN FAVOR OF THE BILL, EXPRESSED FEARS THAT UNLESS THE DEFINITION WERE CLEAR, IT MIGHT BE USED AGAINST LABOR UNIONS. A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ARMY AND NAVY UNION ALSO SUPPORTED THE BILL.
THE COMMITTEE REPORTED RECEIPT OF PETITIONS AND PROTESTS FROM CONNECTICUT AGAINST THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CAMP AT SOUTHBURY BY THE PRO-NAZI GERMAN-AMERICAN BUND.
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