Book details: STATEMENT ON AMERICAN IMMIGRATION POLICY: PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENTS SPECIAL COMMISSION ON IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION
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Gutterman, Lester
STATEMENT ON AMERICAN IMMIGRATION POLICY: PRESENTED TO THE PRESIDENTS SPECIAL COMMISSION ON IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION
Imprint: [Washington D. C. ?]; American Jewish Committee,the Anti-Defamation League Of Bnai Brith, 1952 Edition:
First Edition
Binding:
Hardback
Hole punched in period folder. 4to. 23 pages. 27 cm. First edition. DP-era statement from the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation league presented by Lester Gutterman recommending the lifting of immigration quotas, reform of laws regarding naturalization and a condemnation of the McCarran Act. The Presidential Commission on Immigration and Naturalization followed closely after Truman’s veto of the Internal Security Act, a controversial piece of legislation requiring government registration of Communist organizations and limitations to immigration (also known as the McCarran Act) was overridden by Congress in 1950. Subjects: Jews – Immigration. Presidential commission. American Jewish Committee. Anti-Defamation League. McCarran Act. No copies listed on OCLC. Light age toning. Small library stamp on title page verso. Library call numbers on folder cover. Very good + condition. (HOLO2-109-14), BJPA