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Most savage denunciation of all was a message which the President of the U.S. sent on to be read at a Washington meeting of the Jewish Welfare Board. In it, Truman denounced the McCarran Immigration Act for discriminating against south and east Europeans in favor of north Europeans. This act was drafted by a Senate Committee headed by a Democrat, Pat McCarran. It was officially approved by Harry Truman's State and Justice Departments. After Truman vetoed it, an overwhelming majority of Republicans and Democrats passed it over his veto. The day before Truman's message,' Eisenhower...
...another protest against McCarran Act, SEE SCIENCE...
...clear that General Eisenhower is opposed to the McCarran bill. Incidentally, the McCarran bill was fathered by the Democrats, and both Democrats and Republicans were culpable for keeping this un-American bill on the books. General Eisenhower would like to eliminate from the bill unusual preferences for Nordics or any other racial preference...
...past week both parties have been hitting low. President Truman, for all his earlier accurate jabbing, has commited one of the most flagrant fouls by blatantly announcing that General Eisenhower was "willing to accept the very policies that identified the 'master race.'" By this, Truman referred to the McCarran Immigration Law, which is "anti-Semitic" and "anti-Catholic," setting small quotas on Eastern European countries. The general, however, has never approved of this law. On the same day that Truman's letter hit the presses, Eisenhower stated "The McCarran Law must be rewritten." More than this, he attacked the quotas...
...support for all Republicans. I doubt whether anyone can show me where Stevenson has refused support to any Democrat. I will add that it is more candid for Ike to support McCarthy while opposing his methods than it is for Stevenson to profess ignorance of the views of Senator McCarran...