Speech #700190945

The three varying reports of the commission show that there is no way of ascertaining with any degree of accuracy the number that should be allocated to the respective nations according to origin. I herewith insert a compilation of these reports showing the glaring discrepancies in them. Immigration quotas [Printed for the use of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization. House of Representatives. February 28. 1929] 2 3 4 5 Present National- National- National- National- quotas origin origin origin based quotas Country or area quotas quotas quorigin on 1890 submit- submit- submit- qtas foreinsubmitestimated born ted Feb. ted Feb. ted Jan. in 1924 21. 1929 27. 1928 7. 1927 population 100 Armenia ----------------------- 100 ----------- 100 124 100 Australia. including Papua. etc- 100 100 100 121 1.413 Austria ----------------------- 1.639 1.486 2.171 785 1.304 Belgium --------------------- 1. 328 410 251 512 2.874 Czechoslovakia ------ 2. 726 2.248 1.3509 3. 073 100 Danzig. Free City of------------137 122 100 228 1.181 Denmark --------------------- 1.234 1.044 945 Zi89 116 Estonia ----------------------- 100 109 325 124 569 Finland ----------------------- 68 59 517 471 3.086 France ----- ---------------- 3. 308 3. 837 1.772 3.954 25. 9057 Germany --------------------- 24. 908 23. 428 20.028 51. 227 65. 721 Great Britain. Northern Ireland --------------------- 65. 894 73. 039 85.135 34.007 307 Greece ----------------------- 312 367 384 16 869 Hungary -------------------- 1. 181 967 1.521 473 17.853 Irish Free State --------------- 17. 427 13.862 8.330 28. 567 5.802 Italy. including Rhodes. etc.-- 5.989 6.091 5.716 3.84 236 Latvia ------------------------ 243 184 384 142 386 Lithuania --------------------- 492 494 458 344 3.153 Netherlands ------------------ 3.083 2.421 2. 762 1. 648 2.377 Norway ---------------------- 2. 403 2. 267 2.053 6.453 6.524 Poland ----------------------- 6.090 4.978 4.535 6.982 440 Portugal ----------------------- 457 290 236 603 295 Rumania ---------------------- 311 516 222 603 2.784 Russia. European and Asiatic. 3.540 4.781 4.002 2.248 252 Spain ------------------------- 305 674 148 131 3.314 Sweden ----------------------- 3. 399 3. 259 3.072 9.561 1. 707 Switzerland ------------------- 1.614 1.198 783 2. 081 123 Syria and the Lebanon (French) -------------------- 125 100 100 100 226 Turkey ----------------------- 233 233 100 100 845 Yugoslavia -------------------- 739 777 591 671 153.714 Total ------------------i 153.680 i 153.541 3150.000 i 164.647 I Including 37 minimum quotas of 100 each. Includes 16 minimum quotas of 100 each. With all due respect to Mr. Hill and the commission. composed of distinguished Secretaries Hoover. Kellogg. and Davis. these reports clearly demonstrate that they are merely guesswork plus a few ameliorating changes brought about by pressure and given as a balm to some of the peoples most discrimInated against. If the restrictionists are so determined to cut down immigration from certain countries as is being done by the national origin law. why not do it openly and aboveboard instead of camouflaging the issue. If the proponents of this legislation favor actual restriction to protect American labor. why have they failed to place Canada. Cuba. Mexico. South and Central America. and the West Indies on a quota basis which will reduce immigration by 150.000 annually ?