Mr. Speaker and gentlemen of the committee. the question as to the rule being in order is practically disposed of. The only questionand the House ought to know itis whether this matter has been fully considered by the Committee on Immigration. I want to call attention to the fact that on January 20. 1919. a bill was reported to this House suspending immigration for four years. No one filed an adverse report upon that bill save and except the gentleman from Kentucky and the gentleman from Minnesota . They wanted the period of the suspension of immigration to be two years instead of four years. The gentlemen who are now making the contest. who were then on the committee. filed no minority views against that bill. There are some changes in the exemptions. but the suspension is there. I want to call your attention further to the fact that for the last year and a half there have been pending before the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization at least seven bills. Hearings have been had upon them. eovering these various subjects. and during the recess of Congress this committee made inquiries from Boston to the Pacific Ocean. in the various localities. and of the agricultural interests and others. relative to the suspension of immigration. When they came back here they were convinced that the bill that had been reported for over a year and a half should be enacted into law with the modifications which they have proposed. The gentleman from Washington . chairman of the committee. had a confidential print of the bill made. and practically every member of the committee was there on Monday. December 6. and favored reporting out this bill which suspends immigration for two years. The reasons are fully and amply set forth in this report. and the matter ought to be disposed of. The distinguished gentlemen objecting had their objections before us.
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