Moreover. his authority to speak for the American Legion on this question does not result from his position alone. At its national convention. held in San Antonio. Tex.. during 1928. its last preceding national convention. the American Legion specifically indorsed the national origins provision of the Immigration law. That was done by a formal resolution. I now quote the language which their official spokesman used before the Senate committee of this Congress on February 9 in indorsing national origins. as follows: (1) The Legion believes firmly In restrictive immigration. We believe that this Is our country. and that we are entitled to be the judge of whether we shall allow people to come here from foreign countries to make their home with us. or to say to them. "We now have sufficient persons of other races within our shores." (2) As we favor restrictive Immigration. the question of how the immigrants should be chosen is of paramount importance. The selection of immigrants upon the basis of the foreignborn population resident In America at any selected date is manifestly unjust. and opens such a basis to the charge of discrimination. This discrimination must inevitably exist. regardless of the census upon which it may be based. (3) The theory of the national origins of the entire population of the United States is therefore the fairest basis upon which immigration quotas may be based. It is probable that this very language is largely a quotation from the resolution passed by the Legion in its national convention. The groundless assertions that no one had any authority to speak for the American Legion on this question is an example of the desperate straits of those who are advocating this resolution and are on a parity with Mr.
Keywords matched
Immigration immigration immigrants