In some parts of the country the people are suffering. being actually in want. Knowing such a condition to exist. it would be the height of folly to even think of increasing the present quota. If any change is made. it will be in the direction of more stringent restrictions rather than a more liberal policy. The nationalorigins provision of the immigration act of 1924 deals solely with allocation of the quota. It does not provide that additional aliens over the present quota number can enter this country. The Secretaries of State. Labor. and Commerce who attempted to figure out the national origins of the people of the United States have made three reports. admit that neither is authentic. but complying with the request of the President submit the figures as the best possible conclusion that could be arrived at.
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