Speech #670195581

Now. then. the quotas having been completely exhausted from niny countries. tile number coming in is very much smaller. in fact. it is almost nil. For instance. last week. covered in for the week from March 1 to March 7. 10. This present week. 4. From countries where the immigration would have come there is only now and then an exceptional demand for admission. owing to a nisunderstanding as to the total count or as to place of birth. The number arriving at Ellis Island last week was less than a thousand. The number detained at Ellis Island yesterday was less than 300.