Gentlemen. those men were Americans. And when it came time to go "over the top" you did not restrict the southern races to a 2 per cent quota of the 1890 census and rely entirely upon the Nordic races to do the fighting. You were mighty glad to have the sons of immigrants of southern Europe do their duty. And they did It. Now. gentlemen. I heartily indorse those provisions of the pending bill which seek to eliminate the severe. harsh. inhuman. and unworkable provisions of the present law. but I ]old firmly to the opinion that unless we can arrive at a more equitable per cent of quota. based not on the census of 1890 but upon the census of 1910 or 1920. we are doing in ilnmeasurable injustice. not only to tile immigrants who would thus be admitted but to our country as well.
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