Why Did Anticommunist Harry Truman Veto the McCarran-Walter Act

question 9

Multiple Choice

Why did anticommunist Harry Truman veto the McCarran-Walter Act?

• A) The anticommunist measures targeting immigrants did not go far enough for Truman.
• B) The McCarran-Walter Act closely mirrored the Committee on Immigration's report, Whom Shall We Welcome, an investigation commissioned by Truman's political enemies.
• C) Truman had become alarmed at the excesses of the anticommunist crusade.
• D) Truman did not actually veto the act, preferring to propose an alternative bill.
• E) The bill did not adequately address how to respond to illegal aliens.

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