No greater legacy was ever bequeathed mankind. This. we of this generation. have fallen heir to. in trust. however. to use and hand over intact to the people of coming generations. The past few years have demonstrated that if this legacy is to be preserved and handed over so that future generations will enjoy the blessings of liberty that we must restrict and select our immigration. For practically 100 years the right to enter here was free and unrestricted. Mr. Chairman. that developed to be a mistaken policy. The country now realizes it and the country is determined upon a thorough selective and restrictive policy. It is this thought that our Committee on Immigration has had in mind. After months of work have embodied it in this bill. The Great War brought to our attention some of our deficiencies. The present numerical limitation or quota law. passed in 1921. was the result. It was our first real limitation in numbers. and was based on the number of our resident foreign born according to the 1910 census. This census was used because it happened to be available. This law now requires amendment in a number of particulars and there is a real demand for further restriction. it is beyond dispute that restriction will be for some time a fixed policy.
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