I desire to present a very serious proposition which has to deal with a most serious and distressing situation. I hope the Members generally will assist in the study which is now going on. Every Member of the House knows of the great distress in the Near East. and of the enormous number of refugees in Greece and in almost all of that country known as Asia Minor and on the lands along the seas which touch parts of that region. As the result of a series of disasters. which culminated in the burning of the city of Smyrna. many appeals are coming to the Committee on Immigration for a lifting of the immigrationrestriction quota in order to permit the admission of refugees who might cometo the United States to relatives already here. These appeals vary in the quantity of relief that might be afforded. but even the most modest appeals are such as to be startling to those who stand for continued restriction of immlgration. The committee has held extensive hearings in an effort to ascertain the number that might come. and the figures range all the way from 5.000 to 100.000. and even more.
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