Mr. Speaker. this bill Is little short of a farce as it now stands. Section 6. dealing with preferences within quotas. says that. among others. preferences shall be given to quota immigrants who are skilled in agriculture. and then the bill goes right ahead and cuts off immigration from those countries where agricultural laborers could come from. And further: Among the nationalities whose quotas will be increased. only Finland. Latvia. Lithuania. and the Netherlands would send us any agriciltural workers. and the increase for these countries in the conference bill over the Johnson bill will only be 1.263. The Immigration from Great Britain and Ireland will bring only a very small percentage of agriculturally trained persons or persons who would be apt to take up agricultural pursuits. Most of the countries whose quotas are cut down by the conference bill would send a great percentage of agricultural workers. Denmark.
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