Speech #680073977

That is the Issue that I will assume during this debate. You are not keeping out eastern and southern Europe because you want to keel) il) the American standard of living. You are not debarring and .cutting down immigration because you want to keep up wages. We are in a position now to take care of these people as they come. to protect them. so that they will not be exploited. I will tell you what you are doing. You are keeping out these pe6ple and permitting Mexican peons to come by the thousands. I LXV357 knowing they will be exploited in the factories. on the farms. and wherever they will be employed. If you wanlt to reduce immigration. why let the doors open at the Mexican border? Sixtythree -thousand Mexicans came in last year lawfully. The Secretary of Labor is authority for the statement that an equal number came In unlawfully. Well. you find them in the beetsugar farms up North. in the factories. and in the shops. working on starvation wages. That is the kind of immigration you seem to want. If you are absolutely sincere in your representation that you want to keel) up the American standard of living. why not close the doors against Mexico? No. you do not want the people who want to come here to stay and make their home. people who have their relatives here who can advise them and protect them. workers who will not reduce wages. understand the value of unions. and who will work only for living wages.