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I argued that under the estimates submitted by the gentlemen who developed this wonderful scheme. countrymen of some of our citizens who beyond doubt would have demonstrated their worth in the future will be deprived and prevented from coming to the United States if this scherme is enforced. I also demonstrated that this legislation was preeminently in the interests of Great Britain. I maintained further that the nationalorigin scheme according to estimates. would reduce the immigration from Germany from 51.227 to 20.028: from Sweden. from 9.561 to 3.072. from Norway from 6.453 to 2.053. from Denmark from 2.789 to 945. from Czechoslovakia. from 3.073 to 1.359. from Poland. from 5.982 to 4.535. On the other hand. t pointed out that the number that would be permitted to come from Great Britain would be increased from 34.007 to 85.135. These statements that I made on this floor are borne out and fully suhstantiated by the table. which has been worked out and submitted by the three Secretaries after two years of investigation under the provisions of the law. and which is as follows: The imuigratiot act of 1924Immligration quotas Present Provisional quots qluotas on Countrybased on basis of 1890 national foreignborn natgon population rigi Armenia ...................................................