Speech #660291934

I now hold in my hand a letter from Mr. Coleman Du Pont. chairman of the board of directors of the InterRacial Council. which I received several months ago. The first sentence in this letter is: America is about 4.000.000 workmen short In Its basic industries. indi at least a million immigrant workmen are planning to return home as soon as passport and food conditions will permit. Thie second sentence is as follows: There are over 100 bills pending in Washington which if passed will not only shut out the future supply of workmen. but will prevent many from! returning to this country who will go back to attend to their affairs. In a recent communication. to be released January 3. 1921. Mr. Du Pont as chairman of the board of directors of the InterRacial Council attacks the mueiasure which recently passed the House and is now pending in the Senate. saying that "it fails to apply scientific treatment to immigration." and that " it would shut out the immigration of ablebodied unskilled workers." and urging other objections to it. Under date of April 22. 1920. the InterRacial Council said: In view of the attempts made in Congress to suspend inlmigration for periods varying from 2 to 50 years. it is interesting to notice that some corporations are beginning to consider the possibility of erecting plants in foreign countries. where they can secure the labor which has been in the habit of migrating to America. The threat by these corporations and their mouthpiece. the InterRacial Council. in these words is not even veiled.