President. I believe that the President of the United States when he declared his opposition to the nationalorigins clause in the campaign of last year knew what he was talking about. that he was uncertain in his mind as to the accuracy and as to the fairness of the nationalorigins basis which he had seen worked out by the experts who were serving under him and the other two commissioners. This is what the President said in his acceptance speech of last fall: We also have enacted restrictions upon immigration for the protection of labor from the inflow of workers faster than we can absorb them without breaking down our wage levels. * * * No man will say that any Immigration * * * law Is perfect. We welcome our new immigrant citizens and their great contribution to our Nation. we seek only to protect them equally with those already here. We shall amend the immigration laws to relieve unnecessary hardships upon families. As a member of the commission whose duty it is to determine the quota basis under the national origins law I have found it is impossible to do so accurately and without hardship. The basis now In effect carries out the essential principle of the law. and I favor repeal of that part of the act calling for a new basis of quotas.
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