Speech #670011401

Then. as shown by the Senator from Vermont [Mr. DliLlJlGHAM1] in his report. of that 231.050 a greater proportion would come from northern and western Europe than from southern and eastern Europe. Those from . northern Europe we call rhther the better class of permanent immigrants. So this bill is simply an intermediate step or compromise between total suspension of immigration and a policy of admitting the unmnber who would normally arrive during the current year. To those who are so fearful of immigration I should like to state the number that have arrived during the present year. I shall not read the odd figures. The number of arrivals dur-