Fifth. because we already have probably 15 000.000 of these alien foreigners in -our country. VWe .shoud Americanize these before we should permit others in great numbers to be added to the total. Sixth. because we already have a large number of unemployed in this country. and each additional immigrant will add directly or indirectly to that number. Seventh. because practically very few of these people are tillers of the soil. and will not add to our productive resources. Eighth." because unless we stop this tremendous influx of foreigners we place our own country in jeopardy to the same troubles -of race and language and of social disorganization which has been the curse of Europe for so long. Mr. President. just a Jittle over a year ago the Committee on Education an l Labor. of which I happen to be a member. was .seat to western Pennsylvania. in and around Pittsburgh. to investigate the steel strike. What we saw there was an object lesson to many of us on the subject of immigration. My recollection is of one little town -of western Pennsylvania which has 23.000 -people. Two thousand of these can speak the English language. the other 21.000 are unable to .speak the English language. and spehk some twentyodd different languages.
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