Salt Lake Telegram | 1950-08-08 | Page 1 | Truman Asks for Tighter Security Law

Truno AsI'S For Tio'ifor Security Lav; WASHINGTON, Aug.' W Pre. Barry 8 Truman asked eon- grass Tuesday for a tighter saplon-ags saplon-ags law and a new law requiring deportable aliens to report where they art and what they are doing. Mr. Truman said additional , antlsabotage and security legtsla- ' tloa I needed because Communist Imperialism seeks to "weaken and overthrow free nations by working within their borders." 1. Remedy "defects" In present . law governing "espionage, th registration of foreign agents and ths security of national defense ' Installations." T Curb AHeas J. Olvs ths attorney general ' power to require deportable aliens to report "their whereabouts and activities at regular intervals." In a 8500-word messags to ths ' lawmakers, Mr. Truman asked them to be wary of any action limiting lim-iting personal liberty, but he said ths bill of rights Is not Intended "to prevent the government from maintaining our nation's Integrity ; against subversion or attack." Explaining why he thinks suffer suf-fer laws and a new law are need-ed need-ed now, the president said the ' present International situation baa been created "by the rise of to tali- .' tarianlsm first of the totalitarianism totalitar-ianism of the right, and now that of the left." Commie Threat "Today we face most acutely ths threat of ths Communist movement, move-ment, international In scops, directed di-rected from a central source, and committed to the overthrow of democratic Institutions throughout the world." Mr. Truman's messags appeared to be an attempt to block any security se-curity biU bearing a Republican label and push through ons with an administration tag. Several measures to combat Communism and subversive activities activ-ities are pending in congress. Those most widely known are backed by Rep. Nixon (R, CaL) ' and Sen. Mundt (R, 8. P.).