Mr. Speaker. I can say that I do not like to take the floor at this time. because I was one of those who wholeheartedly supported the immigration bill at the time it was before the House. and I fully realize the position that the chairman of the committee is in today. But I call not let this occasion go by without entering my protest. I can not support this bill in its present form. and I am going to vote for the motion made by the gentleman from Illinois to recommit. To my mind. the heart of the immigration bill was the 1890 census. 2 per cent of the 1890 census. which we adopted as the quota basis. I agreed with the gentleman from Washington "Mr. JoHNsoN] in his opening statement. when he said that. in ntaking this immigration bill. we proposed to restrict immigration from all countries. If that had been carried out. I think no man in this House today would raise his voice against the bill at this time. but I find that is not the case. As the bill will stand. under the nationalorigin scheme. which will go into effect on July 1. 1927. I find that twothirds of all the immigrants coming into this country will come to us from Great Britain and Ireland. Under the present law Great Britain and Ireland could send to this country 77.342 immigrants. As the bill stood when it left the House they would be able to send 62.458. but when the nationalorigin scheme goes into effect in 1927 they will be able to send to this country 91.111 immigrants out of a total quota of 150.000. Now. I say it is not fair.
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