Speaker. there are but two propositions embodied in the Presidents message calling for consideration of the House at this time. The first proposition laid down by the President is inferentially. and almost expressly. that we owe an obligation to those foreign countries superior to the obligation which. we owe to our own citizenship. He stands for the open door in immigration. subject to restriction only with reference to mental and physical defects and criminal tendencies. Mr. Speaker. we have no such obligation. The question is the effect of unrestricted immigration upon our own citizenship and upon our economic conditions. and that. Mr. Speaker. is an obligation that we owe superior to that which we may owe to any general question of any general brotherhood of men.
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