Speech #680073969

I can not. because my time is limited. Now. what the chairman had in mind was this: The chairman has been talking against the immigrant before the hill was ever introduced in Congress. My friend from California was talkIng against these immigrants from southern aind western Europe for a number of years. A statement was made by Mr. JOHNSON in the New York World of February 10. while we were considering the bill in committee. and he said: And we may say. better than that. we have narrowed down the immigration fleld to the area of northern and western Europe. Virtually all of the rest of the world is barred. Virtually all the rest of tile world. lie says. is barred. And this was the publicity that was given against immigration from southern and eastern Europe. I say. it is discrimination. and I call attention again to the third column of this World article. where it is reported that Congressman JOHNSON had a galley proof of the committee report and handed it over to the re. porters to show that theythe committeeare going to allow Into this country only the admission of immigrants from northern and northwestern Europe and bar the rest of the world. Well. what do you say about that? Is not that proof enough that it was in the contemplation of some of the members of the committee to discriminate against southern and eastern Europe?