Speech #680146562

Calif.. June 9. 1923. In the cases of extreme hardship. speech is embodied a very clear history of the Pueblo life The statements made to some of the members of the Senate from the time that the Government of Spain took charge committee were unwarranted and unjustified. as the wording down to this date. of the resolution clearly showed the intent of affording relief solely to the unfortunate immigrants who were already here or who had embarked prior to or on May 26. In no sense of the word would it have permitted the coming of the number charged by the gentlemen who are suffering with immigration hysteria. To disprove the assertion of these gentlemen that I intended to permit the coining of any other. I desire to state that I acquiesced to the Senate amendments which specifically enumerate the classes to be relieved. and this the gentlemen were well aware of at the time of the meeting of the House Committee on Immigration. because the classes named In the Senate amendments were those. and only those. that would be covered by my original resolution. It were they alone that I sought to save and spare from the horrors of deportation and the misery which would follow. I believe that if I today called upon this House to disagree to the Senate amendments. a majority would be with me. because they are convinced that my original resolution was not misleading but clear in its scope. meritorious. and entitled to the vote and support of every man who is not blinded by prejudice and uncontrolled by the unAmerican organization which is responsible for nearly ill. if not all. the irrational attacks and activities on the immigration question. Right here I take the privilege of inserting an editorial of a great newspaperthe New York World. It expresses the view of the duty of Congress as to the action that should be taken on this resolution: