The contemporaneous L W. W. movement found Its chief strength in the support of the migratory foreignborn laborer. To the immigrant must also be assigned the responsibility for the accelerated growth of political and industrial radicalism in this country. One writer has said: It Is not fantastic to believe that during three centuries of history the Immigrant elements In our population have not only profoundly influenced the culture. Institutional. and material development of the United States but have also been largely responsible for diluting that precious essence which we call American Idealism. The bold man falters when asked to define American idealism. The last census shows that New England. the home of the Puritan. is today the home of a population of whom twothirds were born ill foreign lands or else had parents who were. Faneull Hall. "The Cradle of Liberty." is a curiosity of bygone days left stranded on the shores of the Italian quarter. In 15 of the largest cities of the United States the foreign immigrants and their children. outnumber the native whites. Alien racial elements are in the majority in 13 of the States of the Union. The minority report filed on this bill states that approximately 280.000 of the 357.000 immigrants who came to the United States last year settled in the six States mentioned. These six States had the rest in foreign population. The report further says there Is no complaint from these States because of this influx of immigrants. We would hardly look for the objection to come from this quarter. I have one county In my district which. according to the 1920 census. has only one foreignborn person.
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Immigrants are responsible for the growth of political and industrial radicalism.