HYRC Condemns McCarran Act as Threat to Liberty

The Young Republican Club condemned the McCarran Act as a "threat to individual freedom" last night at a closed plenory meeting in Phillips Brooks House.

After two and a half hours of debate, a clear majority of the 50 members present voted for a resolution citing the parts of the act that they deemed especially unwise.

The resolution attacks certain provisions for a network of detention camps, an "arbitrary" restriction of immigration and travel, and a limit to naturalization.

"This act," the resolution continues, "threatens the independent integrity of the American judiciary by congressional findings of a fact traditionally determined by courts." It also asserts that the McCarran Act falls to set up adequate procedural safeguards.

The resolution urges the amendment of the bill to increase the protection to the freedom of the individual. But the registration and espionage provisions should be retained, according to the Young Republicans.