They are vague and uncertain and must ever be so. If the foundation Is inadequate. the house can not stand. If the fundamental bases of the "nationalorigins" system of calculating immigration quotas are unreliable and indefinite. the structure built upon them must give way. To say that by this plan. tind this plan only. can we effect a proper restriction of immigration is to misstate the fact. Whether it be right- or wrong. there are other methods ready. to hand which can as well be employed. and which will prove as satisfactory to the people. It is not necessary to carry out the "nationalorigins" plan in order to guarantee that the preponderance of such small immigration as may be permitted shall be of the socalled Nordic type. In fact. the figures under the "national origins" plan serve to divide the Nordics. practically all of whom are restrictionists. and who should not be divided. for we need a solid front in order to combat the foes of restriction. The cure for our Babellike situation. our conglomeration of mixtures. our meltingpot mistakes. all of which have been brought acutely to us through studies of " national origins." is not to switch from one numerical plan to another. but to provide for the gradual elimination of all immigration. the progress to be made as rapidly as possible under existing circumstances. Mr. Speaker. I have introduced a bill which will meet this situation. and which I am sure will better serve the purposes of those who unite in believing that immigration should be further restricted. My bill is brief and selfexplanatory. I submit it in full. as follows: [H.
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