The question has been brought up as to the demand for this legislation. I read from the letter of the Secretary of Labor dated February 1. 1929. in which he says: The proposal above outlined is particularly interesting to this department for the reason that during the past four years a good many cases have arisen in which it clearly appeared that the immigration of a limited number of highly skilled laborers. inventors. engineers. chemists. and other persons possessing peculiar qualifications along some specialized line were actually needed in American industry. but they could not be brought in without considerable delay because they were subject to the quota of the country of their birth.
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