Mr. Chairman. I am a firm believer in the restriction of immigration by numerical limitation. I did my part in assisting in passing the 1921 and 1924 immigration restriction acts. A continuance of this legislation is necessary to the preservation of our country. It is with this in mind that I now speak and call attention to changes in the various quotas that may go into -effect on July 1. 1927. by reason of the national origins provisions of the immigration act of 1924. There is much criticism of these provisions coming from friends of numerical restriction. and it would therefore seem pertinent to trace the legislative origin of these socalled national origins provisions of the immigration act of 1924. Before the World War we had immigration restriction laws but no numerical restriction. The year before the World War broke out nearly 1.000.000 immigrants entered this country. The World War acted as a bar for several years. During the fiscal year ending June 30. 1920. however. they had commenced to come in again and 430.000 came in that year.
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