[Scrapbook] Immigration 1958, 1958

This scrapbook contains a mixture of newspaper clippings, newpaper articles, and photographs detailing the events during this time. Protests against the government selling Ellis Island; Debates surrounding the amendment to the Immigraion and Nationality act enforcing a 60,000 immigrant cap; Ives and Javit sponsored a bill to study and modernize immigration laws; Unemployment in the US had risen up to 3.3 million over the past year; Walter faced backlash for giving special visa to an accused Soviet spy's daughter; The Right to work measure was challenged during its presenation; letter from Hungarian man pleaing with Walter to change the then immigration policy; Many articles detailing the benefits of the work and knowledge immigrants bring and pushing to relax the immigration origins quota law, especially for Hugarian refugees; Many pushed for reunification of Italian immigrants with their sons and daughters, and immediate family; Walter pushed a bill to get rid of court delays regarding deportation of immigrants and to reform the judicial review porcess for illegal immigrants; Pictures of Walter with a goup of people; Officer Djuanda charged that an American corporate man lended aid to the rebels in Indonesian at that time; Many pamphlets detailig the activities and events of the Chinese-American (Chinese Community Center) community; Walter named chairman of Geneva Parley a refugee unit; US declares it will give Indonesian weapons and aid after the Indonesian civil war