Speech #680069877

Personally. I am in favor of retaining the present 3 per cent. and not reducing it. I fully believe that if we had these visG certificate provisions regulating Immigration from tie country of origin. and by that means could have prevented the congestion at EIlls Island and the hardships and tragedies suffered by the immigrants. there would be very little call for lily cllange in the present law. Under the present law of 3 per cent the number that are admissible is 357.803. Reducing it to 2 per cent. we have 238.534. As the question has been raised between socalled desirable and undesirable immigration. between the immigrants who come from northern and western Europe and the immigrants who come from southern and eastern Europe. let me give you the figures of each class that come under the 3 per cent law. Under 3 per cent you have 197.000I will not read tile .dd numbers--from northern and western Europe and 159.000 from southern and eastern Europe. In other words. you have 55 per cent from northern and western Europe and 45 per cent front southern and eastern Europe.