The Senators memory Is very accurate. because under the 1890 basis. which is now temporarily In effect. the number admitted under the quota is 164.667 persons. while on the 1st of next July. if we can preserve the law from any change. the enforcement of the national origins provision will reduce that number to 153.685. a reduction of more than 11.000 in the quotas. The reason for the agitation against the national origins plan is that it cuts down the quotas of certain groups who are now receiving far more than they are entitled to. I can give the figures. At the present time Germany has a quota of 51.227. or nearly onethird of all of the quota immigration into the United States. As a matter of fact. according to the census of 1920. the proportion of persons in this country of German origin was only 16.21 per cent. So they are getting almost onethird of all the immigration. whereas the persons of German origin in the United States are less than onesixth. Obviously. they do not want to see the national origins provision go into effect. That is why I think the Steuben Society has been so active in its agitation against the nationalorigins provision.
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