In the first place. as far as the Chinamen go. this would do them no good. because both the husband and the wife must be eligible to citizenship. This would not let in a single Chinaman. a single Malay. a single person from the barred zone. In the next place. if we believe in restricting immigrationand I think the Senator from South Carolina believes in it. just as I do. and the Senator from Alabama believes in. as I dothis would have the effect of diminishing slightly the total number of persons coming to this country each year. and this is how it will accomplish that: Under the joint resolution which I am now asking the Senate to consider the wives and children of intending citizens would be permitted to join them now. If they came under this plan. they would be charged against the quota. If we do not pass this. they will have to wait three years more. until the final papers are taken out. and then. if you please. they can come. but they come as wives and children of American citizens. outside the quota. and the full quota number come besides. So by letting them come now we charge them against the quota. By making them wait we get them in outside the quota. The net result would be an increase of immigration.
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