It can not be too ofteninsisted that the pending amendment is not legislative in its character. like the eighteenth amendmeat. Its adoption by itself will not touch the children. but. as I have said before. will authorize Congress. representative of all the different States withtheir different social.and different economic :problems. to establish a minimum standard for all the children in the land who. if by determination of their parents they be residents of the several States. are none the less potential citizens of the United States. We have just written into law the most drastic restriction upon immigration ever enacted by an American Congress. thinking that by so doing we should contribute to tle homogeneity and unity of our citizenship and as the years go on to diffuse the enjoyment of citizenship and prosperity. This amendment before us. sir. I submit. is an essential corgllary to the immigration act. It promises that the citizens of the next generation shall be more equally able to bear the responsibility of citizenship and more equally able to engage in the enjoyment of life. liberty. and the pursuit of happiness. There are grave inequalities even here in free America. grave Injustices. grave discriminations.
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