who submitted Mr. Trevors tables. said that the committee might have selected some such quota basis as could be calculated from them. He went on to say. "But the committee did nothing of the sort. and the use of the 1890 census proposes nothing of the sort. We did accept the new immigration at Its full face value. and we said: SWe will distribute immigration in proportion to the elements of our population as they exist today." And further"Now. let me emphasize that with the 1890 census as a base we do divide our future immigration. as nearly as It can be divided. in proportion to our present populationnot our population in 1890. or any other period. but our population of today. that is. of 1920. our last census." (Page 5904)
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