Mr. President. on behalf of a quarter of a million organized Jewish working men and women I beg to present their opinion that it would be detrimental to the interests of this country to have this bill restricting Immigration passed. I beg to call your attention to the fact that the standard of living has been raised within the last 35 years considerably. since the bulk of immigration from Europe has started. and if anything can lay claim to that it Is organized labor. and organized labor in this country consists greatly of immigrant labor. Fully 65 per cent of the AmericanFederation of Labor consists of immigrants. such as I am. Representative GOLDFOGLE. Mr. President. through the kindness of my colleague . I have been yielded just a few minutes. and I will take those for a few comments by myself. I desire to say that while much has been expressed in Congress by those who favored restriction as to the desire to exclude the illiterate. the great city of New York. part of which I have the honor to represent. has never been afraid of the immigration problem over there. We realize in that great city. as I think the people througout the whole country realize. that many of the illiterates who have come to this country have. as has been remarked this morning. made a desirable acquisition in the communities in which they settled. and through the means of our educational institutions and opportunities presented in this great land have been enabled to obtain an education. and in time become worthy and desirable citizens. We realize. as I think you do.
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