Speech #680076480

I have before me the annual report of the operation of the Postal Savings System for 1923 as contained in the letter from the Postmaster General to the Speaker of the House of Representatives dated Decemher 6. 1923. Sixtyeighth Congress. first session. document 102. The gentleman from South Carolina . who is as keen and able a Representative as there is in this House and for whom I have the greatest admiration. took the floor last Saturday in defense of this restrictive immigration measure and finished in an eloquent expression that in his district lie did not have onemalf of 1 per cent of alien population. The gentleman from South Carolina hails from the city of Aiken and according to the report of the Postmaster General there is not a single solitary depositor in the city of Aiken in the postal savings system of the United States. Today the gentleman from Chattamooga brought out the same point. and we find there are just 22 depositors in the postal savings bank. Mr. CABLE who comes from Lima. Ohio. and in the city of Lima there are just 18 depositors having funds in the Postal Savings System. and the energetic whip. the gentleman from Anderson. lnd. . who made a passionate appeal for restrictive immigration a few days ago. we find that lie has 31 depositors in his city putting their savings with the postal system. Now. along comes the gentleman from California . a member of the committee. and he. too. refers to these terrible aliens. and in the city of Alturas. Calif.. from whence the gentleman comes. there is just one depositor with $10 deposit. and I bet you a dollar to a doughnut that that $10 comes from some little Greek peanut dealer who has saved a penny at a time.