Will any gentleman rise on this floor and: say that the. quota was based on. the census of 1S90 for any other purpose than to: discriminate against certain races? Why did. we go back those 34. yearsto. accomplish- the very purpose for which you start out?. To discriminate against the immigrants of southern and eastern Europe. That is why you take. the basis. of 1890 instead. of the basis of 1910 or 1920. and. you can talk about your new chart discovered. this. morning. and. you will. never convince even yourselves that you go back 34 years for any other purpose.
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Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe are being unfairly discriminated against.