Mr. President. I favor restriction of immigration. I think either one of the bills proposed will accomplish the present purpose. provided. the one reported by the Senate committee is amended with reference to the percentage and that percentage reduced. I would cheerfully vote for the House bill restricting immigration for 14 months. and I would also be very glad. indeed. to vote for the Senate substitute. provided the percentage provision is reduced to 3 per cent. I think the whole country demands that there should be a restriction of immigration. I have thought so for many years. I voted. while a Member of the House. to pass an immigration bill a number of years ago over President Tafts veto. and afterwards over President Wilsons veto. I believe that we should not only further restrict immigration. but we should control imnmigration for a certain period after it comes into this country. . Mr. President. before the World War the tide of immigration from European countries. principally from Austria. Russia. and Italy. broke all records. Of course. during the war and for some months afterwards immigration was practically suspended. but in July of the present year it began in far greater numbers than ever before. and. while we have not the complete figures. the last half of 1920 will doubtless break all records. Our advices are that there are now all the way from two to eight million Poles ready and anxious to come. and are making a very desperate effort to get transportation over here. One report states that if a ship large enough to carry 3.000.000 people could be found. that that many Poles would take that first boat.
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