President. the time had come when American citizens of German parentage or * origin who sent their sons. as we all did. across the ocean to fight the Great War are no longer to be humiliated because they are the descendants of Germans. I. for one. resent any attack upon anyone because he is a descendant of people who came from foreign lands. LX218 I am somewhat surprised at the Senator from Mississippi. ] know of no Senator who is more anxious to promote free and unlimited commerce and trade between nations than is the Senator from Mississippi. but now he seems to take a different position. he seems to want to lock the gates. to shut the doors. regardless of whether Immigrants are of the desirable class or not. Mr. President. I had not intended to say a word on this bill. I do not know whether or not the measure proposed by the Senate Committee on Immigration is perfect. I believe that it is much better than the House bill. but there is one thing of which I am certain. and that is that I never could vote for the amendment proposed by the Senator from Mississippi. The Senator askedI can not quote him verbatim. but in substanceif an immigrant had any family when lie came to this country why did he not bring his family with him? I wish to say for the information of the Senator from Mississippi and other Senators that I can find several million American citizens of foreign birth or ancestry who came here alone. Why?
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