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During six months under the McCarran Immigration and Security Laws, abridgments of individual liberty have occurred in alarming numbers. The scientists list twenty-six cases in which laws and "their excessively rigid and indiscriminate application" have harmed American scientific advancement...
...abuses of liberty have not been confined to this field. In the Latva incident, for example, Judge Wyzanski of the United States Federal Court ordered the deportation of a man who once gave ninety cents to the Communist Party. The court stated that, despite the hardship involved, the McCarran Law left no choice in the ruling...
...Repeal of the McCarran Act, Smith Act, and McCarran Walters Immigration...
...many Northern Democratic city bosses keep up their tolerance of organized gangsterism to maintain party strength. Truman claims to be honest, but he is unable to stop the tax fixing said widespread petty corruption in his own administration. And as far as civil rights and personal liberties go, McCarran's bite is a good deal more deadly than McCarthy's bark...
Reversing the picture, John F. Kennedy's strong point is on domestic policy. Kennedy voted down the line for Democratic social welfare bills, public housing, rent and price controls, and civil rights enforcement; he voted against Taft-Hartley and both McCarran Acts. While this is a creditable box score, it is a stock party-line vote which includes absurdities like the Brannan Plan. The most unusual thing about Congressman Kennedy has been his incredible absentee record which has averaged 29% over the last six years...