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I have not the time. I am sorry. No. sir. but the gentleman wrote the minority report. and in that he stated. sir. that the people who were for this bill came from those States which had no immigration. and yet the patriotic organizations of the great States which have this immigration are asking for relief. and for your benefit and for the benefit orf those gentlemen who are from the State of New York. permit me to read to you a part of an editorial that was published on March 1. 1924. in the New York Times. one of the greatest newspapers In the world. published and controlled by Hon. Adolph Ocs. one of the greatest men of the Jewish race: The census of 1910. as a matter of fact. favors the newer immigration at the expense of the old. and permits fewer representatives or those races which built up the United States during the last century to come In than of the recent arrivals. In formulating a permanent policy two considerations are of prime Importance. The first is that the country has the right to say who shall and who slall not come in. It is not for any foreign country to determine our immigration policy. The second is that the basis of restriction must be chosen with a view not to the interests of any group or groups in this country. whether racial or religious. but rather with a view to the countrys best interests as a whole. The great test is assinilability.