Mr. Chairman and gentlemen. I am not opposed to restriction of immigration. but. on the contrary. I favor it. I will vote to make the percentage 1 per cent or onehalf of 1 per cent. or to restrict it entirely for a few years. I am opposed. however. to any law that says in effect that we have here in America men of "superior" blood. and that other Americans are men of "inferior" blood. The best test of what is a real American is whether a man is willing to fight and. if need be. die for America. Up in my home. where about everyone Is either an immigrant or the son of an immigrant. we used to talk of ourselves as Irish. Italians. Scandinavians.
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Divides Americans into those of "superior" and "inferior" blood based on immigration status.