Speech #680081377

We exclude the Chinesewhy not the Japanese? Why should we favor Japan as against China. a friendly nation. and whose people. to say the least. are as worthy? We must preserve the United States for our own people and for the Incoming in limited numbers of the best class of immigrants. who will come to be permanent citizens. and only those who can assimilate with the citizenship of this country and be loyal Americans. We do not want those who come to exploit America and only come to enrich themselves. retaining their citizenship abroad and retaining allegiance to foreign countries. to which they return with their profits made in the United States. In later years multiplied thousands have poured Into this country from about every foreign country on earth. settled in groups in the great cities. and by their presence have largely changed the healthy conditions that once existed. and they cast their suffrage not as independent Americans. understanding and caring for American traditions and the high moral standards that we have sought to perpetuate. but are rapidly getting control. voting in groups. and largely dominating the policies of cities and States and threatening to dominate our entire country. Our liberal opendoor policy of the past. when with an unsettled country we invited the oppressed of all nations to come and enjoy with us political and religious freedom. can. not now be the policy of this country. They came in the past to help build our mighty and vast areas and to make our country great. and they were welcomed. but now they come of an inferior class and in such hordes that the tide must be stayed or the civilization of our country is gone. Selfpreservation is the first law of nature. and should be invoked by nations when necessary as well as individuals. so let us have more rigid and stricter immigration laws. so that the United States may not be the dumping ground for all countries of the earth. Let us pass this wellconsidered Johnson immigration bill and enact it into law and let the world know that the United States is on guard and will accept only the best immigrants and those in limited numbers. and if need be we will tighten it up further but never weaken it. Prominent features of this bill is the reduction of the per cent and based on the 1890 census. shutting out more largely immlgration from southern and eastern Europe. examination abroad. abolition of the socalled "gentlemens agreement" with Japan. This is not a perfect bill. but is a great step in the right direction. I favored registration of aliens during noncitizenship and would have voted for exclusion for a period of years until conditions became more satisfactory. but the judgment of the House of Representatives was not to jeopardize the passage of the bill by going so far at this time. I wish to insert here the following table showing the decrease by using the census of 180 as a basis instead of the census of 1910: Eslimated immigration quotas based on census reports of 189. 1900per cent plus 100 for each vationality Estimated quotas based on 2 per cent of census plus 100 Country or region of birth Census of Census of A lbania ----------------------------.-.--------------...... Armenia (Russian) ....................................... Austi ia ....................................................