Speech #680073874

The first set of three columns represents northern and western Europe. The first column in the first setthe red columnis the total racial stock contributed by the countries of northern and western Europe to our present or 1920 white population. The second column represents the percentage of] immigration which that group of countries is getting under the present hill. taking the census of 1910 as a base. The third column represents the percentage which those countries will get under the pending bill. the Johnson bill. This is based on the white population of the United States. That population Is a little over 92.386.000 people The red columns represent the percentage of racial stock in the present 1920 white population in the United States. including immigrants. descendants of immigrants. and descendants of original settlers. And. similarly. the table shows. first. the percentage of our present population contributed by each country listed. including immigrants. descendants of immigrants. and descendants of original settlers. It shows the percentage of our present immigration which is permitted to come from each of those countries. And. finally. it shows the percentage of immigration which will be entitled to come from each of those countries under the provisions of the pending bill. From an analysis of these figures it will appear. as is shown also by the chart. that the countries of northern and western Europe have contributed 85.02 per cent of our present white population (1920). and that under the present law they are entitled to only 56.33 per cent of our quota immigration. but that under the pending bill they will be entitled to 84.11 per cent of our annual quota immigration. In others words. for the last three years those countries have been having about twothirds of their share of the immigration. -while under the proposed quota they get within less than 1 per cent of their exact share. On the other hand. the countries of southern and eastern Europe have furnished 14.62 per cent of our present1920--white population. but under the present quota law those countries as a group are getting 44.64 per cent of our immigration. Under the proposed bill they will receive 1.88 per cent. which is about a quarter of 1 per cent more than their " share." This will graphically appear from the chart. In the grouping of countries the following are treated as southern and eastern countries. namely: Albania.