May I say to the Senator first that the House In the Johnson bill. by a very large majorityI might say almost unanimouslysuspended immigration for the period of one year. the bill not going into effect for two months after its passage. The Senate bill limits immigration to a fixed number for a period of a year and three months from April 1. In the Johnson bill there was an exception admitting dependents. It was believed that under that exception very large numbers of the dependent class would be admitted. and that this provision in the Johnson bill might be open to great abuse. The effect of the Senate bill is merely to substitute for this exception in the Johnson bill a maxilum number. a comparatively small number. amounting perhaps. as the committee estimates. to about onethird of the normal immigration for the period of four years prior to the war.
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