Section 6. page 4. of the pamphlet. Preferences are given first to the children under 21. the father. tie mother. the husband. or the wife of an American citizen wiho himself is over 21. next. to quota immigrants who are skilled in agriculture. and their wives. and their dependent children under the age of 16. if accompanying or immediately following them. Then it is provided that there shall be no priority between those two classes of preferences. that is to say. that relatives and farmers. farm laborers. shall have a common preference within the quota Ul) to 50 per cent of the quota of each nationality. That. in substance. is the same as the Simmons amendment. The only point of difference lies in this. that the Simmons amendment provided that tile governors or legislatures of particular States might put in a claim for so emany immigrants. We were fearful. first. that that provision would not be effective. because obviously we can not restrain the immigrants movements after he is admitted to the United States. and. next. that it woul lead to a clash between tile authorities of different States. For those reasons the conferees thought it wisest to leave out that feature.
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