Kellogg. and Daviswere unconvinced that the nationalorigins formula was workable. He said. too. that the departmentthat is. the Department of Statehad not passed upon the sufficiency of information used as the basis. and he declined to pass upon the sufficiency of the figures for the basis there. Commissioner General of Immigration Hull said in the hearings. first. that the change entailed great work on the bureau and much confusion. also that a change to national origins would very definitely be something of a calamity to put it in operation. And then. too. he said that it would be a hardship upon an expectant people. meaning. of course. those people in this country who were looking forward to the arrival of loved ones from foreign lands when they could get in under the quota laws. and the expectations of people in foreign lands who were looking forward to the day when they could join the loved ones who had come to this land ahead of them. Mr. Hull said in his annual report for 1925: The bureau feels that the present method of ascertaining the quotas is far more satisfactory than the proposed determination by national origin. that it has the advantage of simplicity and certainty.
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