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So that. practically speaking. the number that would come in might be 50 per cent rather than 5 per cent. as is generally understood by the public? Mr. DILLING=ALM. Between 40 and 50 per cent of previous immigration as a whole. yes. But this measure will relieve the anxiety as to the problem that was presented by the prewar conditions. when almost the whole immigration was coming from southeastern Europe. and the indications are that future immigration will also come from that section of Europe. The 5 per cent plan is really a selective plan. limiting the immigration from the nations in that portion of Europe to 5 per cent of the number from such nations now resident in the United States.