Mr. Speaker. ladies and gentlemen. pme of you no doubt remember my position oil tile "national origin" when the 1924 immigration act was being considered. At that time I pointed out and showed by estimates furnished by the Census Bureau that the national origin scheme was impossible of attainment. I demonstrated that it was a scheme for the purpose of further discriminating against certain nationalistic groups in the United States. I not only conceded but maintained that although we have the right and the power to do whatever we desire we should legislate not in the interest of any particular foreign groups but in the interest of America as a whole and that all legislation enacted should be considered from that point of view.
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