Why did they not substitute an average based upon the preceding 100 years as well? This is what the committee has had in mind. and after months of study they found that the 1890 census most nearly approximates it. It is more nearly representative of the immigration for the entire 130year period than that of any other census year. Now. there is nothing sacred about this basis. if there is anyone who will propose some other plan that will accomplish a like or better result. I shall gladly support it. But it has not yetbeen proposed. If we are to decide this question on the question of discrimination against any nationality. let me suggest that the nationalities furnishing over 80 per cent of our immigration during the first 100 years of our history would have just grounds of complaint against either the 1910 census basis or that consisting of an average of the census years 1890 to 1920. inclusive. With the country set upon ma restriction policy and a quota proposed here by the committee which is fairly representative of our immigration throughout our history. why this opposition? Gentlemen. this opposition comes from certain racial and nationality groups and minorities and nothing else.
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