January 8. 1921. that the influences of the foreignborn and their kinspeople and the power of individual and corporate greed were opposing with ominous results the efforts of the people to protect themselves and their. country against the peril of a threatened overflow of millions of aliens. such as have destroyed many nations throughout the history of mankind. Flually. the tight being made and public sentiment for restriction prevailed. and the Senate passed the measure with some good amendments. proposed by men like Senator EHLimasoN. of Mississippi. and stupported by Senators CULBERSON and SliErPARD. As stated. we had been getting from 750.000 to practically 12300.000 immigrants from the Old World every year. many of whom iwere of the most degraded and wretched type. During the last 10 years immediately. preceding the World War 1.12t.859 aliens came in as regular immigrants. In addition to these. great numbers came as noniimigrants. as deserting foreign seamen. and by many other irregular snethods. including vast numbers illegally smuggled in. The war had temporarily stopped them. but in 1919. the next year after the World War closed. the flood began to pour in again.
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Millions of aliens will destroy the nation.