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...NEVADA, Democrat Thomas B. Mechling, a newcomer, is ahead of George W. ("Molly") Malone, despite Democratic Senator Pat McCarran's bolt to support Malone...
...Foreign policy is not an issue, particularly since Kennedy has not shown his true colors: will he repudiate the isolationist opinion of his father? Domestically Kennedy's record is the stronger, but again the two are not far apart. Thus when the President's Commission investigating the McCarran Immigration Bill held hearings in Boston recently both Kennedy and Lodge attacked the bill for 15 minutes. In a public debate at Waltham, they found themselves in agreement on more issues than they disagreed...
...record of any Republican Senator. Nor should it excuse the fact that Lodge was absent from 45 out of 46 roll call votes on price control during 1951 and 1952. Nor the fact that he was absent from the Senate floor when President Truman's veto of the notorious McCarran Immigration Bill came to a vote. The McCarran Act was passed over President Truman's veto by one more vote than was necessary...
...reason why such things happen, says the Bulletin, is that the McCarran Act makes consular officers the judges of scientific visitors. The consuls realize their inability to estimate a scientist's politics, but they also realize that a no is safer than a yes. If they let the wrong man in, he may be publicly denounced for some fleeting contact with Communism 20 or 30 years ago. Then the consul's career might be in danger. Thus, it is prudent to delay or refuse the visa...
...Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 and its predecessor, the Internal Security Act of 1950, both sponsored by Nevada's Senator Pat McCarran...