I want to speak very briefly upon a single aspect of this bill. and one altogether different from that which has been so eloquently discussed by my friend from California. So far as my information goes. there is no American today who advocates unrestricted immigration. We all agree that we ought to have selective restrictions. that we ought to exclude. either by new legislation or. by enforcing existing laws. those who are unfitted physically. mentally. or morally to become good American citizens. Nearly all of us also agree. and I. most certainly. that in addition to such selective tests wo ought to have numerical limitation. that we must check the flood of immigrants who. because of the postwar poverty of the Old World. would seek to better themselves by coming over here. We must maintain barriers to keep out the flood in order to protect our better American standard of living. and in order to preserve our American traditions and Institutions and principles. We all agree.
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