The policy of America has not been selfish in the past. and t is for us alone to decide where lies the line between selfinterest and necessary selfpreservation. We will be fair to others. but must be likewise fair to ourselves. This debate points almost inevitably to the concluson that all immigration except that of families of those already here should be stopped for a period of years to give oppo.tunity to determine a sane and permanent policy. without the clamor and pressure of great groups calling themselves this or that kind of Americans. I wouhl vote for such a measure if it were before the House. It would give us time not only to Americanize what we have but to study and find out what sorts of immigrants can he really assimilated and what can not. But the committee. which has so proven its intense interest In America that its purposes are unquestioned. has said that thls present measure is now advisable because of certain treaty relations. and I shall vote for it. An enlargement and -comprehensive extension of the national employment service to intelligently distribute the supply xe have will go far to preverkt any shortage of labor growing out of this added restriction of immigration. It can do it with benefit to both the American working man and employer. and without reducing American standards. And further than that.
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