Of course that was an unusual period. but 1 wish to state averages. and. as stated by the Commissioner General in his report. on an average of all the European races for 25 years onethird returned permanently. I am not dealing with this class of nonimmlgrants. who merely go back and forth temporarily. So that If you wanted to get at the net foreignborn you would deduct onethird of the total number that come In as immigrants. It varies somewhat with different nationalities. It varies also according to circumstances and times. In the present bill as reported by the committee the quota has been reduced from 3 per cent. which is the present quota law. to 2 per cent. but the same quota basis is keptthat of 1910.
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Generalization about return rates of European races.