Speech #680080806

I am taking into consideration the present foreign born as one element of the general problem. May I state exactly what the effect of the amendment is? It is to take the entire body of population resident in the United States exclusive of the descendents of the slaves. That number is some 95.000.000. The task then is to apportion that 95.000.000 by national originby British or French or German or Polish origin. or whatever each may bethen decide upon our total annual immigrationsay. 200.000 or 250.000. Finally we apportion that total in exactly the proportions of the various national origins of the 95.000.000 residents of the United States.