Speech #680073871

The words used are generally " unfair discrimination " or unAmerican discrimination." It is my purpose to show that toward the very people who make this complaint the bill is fair to the point of extreme liberality. and tlha..t it exemplifies the American trait of self.sacrifice for the benefit of those who least appreciate it. Tile charge of discriminamtion is made against tile pending bill because of Its proposal to change the base of the immigction quota percentage from the census of 1910 to the census of 1890. I admit. of course. that this change will make a very great shift in the proportiol of our immigration wh .h will be permitted to come from these two groups of countries. It is assumed by the opponents of thi. legislation that this constitutes a discrimination between these two groups and in favor of the northern and western group. It is may purpose to colvinlce the House that the exact contrary is the case. and that instead of constituting a discrimination the bill removes a preselnt very heavy discrimination and puts these two groups of eountries on a basis of substantial equality. such small discrinination as remains being still in favor of the southern and e:istern group.