I very greatly deplore that. However. it is true that from Washington. and from the floor of the Senate. the people can be informed as to the actual conditions if they will read the records of Congress. The distinguished chairman of the Committee on Inmigration. the Senator from Rhode Island . for whose learning I have the highest regard. has already stated that he does not share the apprehension which is so prevalent throughout the country that there will be a flood of immigration to our shores. That statement was made after the learned chairman of the committee had heard testimony from very many persons who have investigated the subject. and I consider that that opinion is of the very highest value. It is an opinion which should be carried to the country. I have not yet reached the point where I believe that the country should legislate directly. I share the views of the learned Senator. a learned constitutional lawyer. views which lead him and which lead me to believe that this body is charged with the responsibility of investigating these prcblems and with the duty of legislation. We can not. simply because there is a general feeling that there will be a flood of immigration from Europe to this country. pass a bill absolutely preventing immigration if our investigations prove that that feeling is not well founded.
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