Mr. President. I do not maintain. as I have said. that the 1890 basis of immigration is as accurate as it might be or as fair as it might be. butI do insist that we can take the 1890 basis and continue it in effect for another year at least and have a far more acceptable plan than would be the nationalorigins. basis. Then when time is more ample let Congress return here and take the recognized figures shown by the 70 years of immigration statistics. starting in 1820 and ending in 1890. Those statistics are not derived from a resort to the tracing of names to ascertain the origin of people. but are obtained through more reliable sources. Let us base immigration quotas upon figures of that kind. It would reduce. to be sure. the number who are now permitted to come from Norway and Sweden and Denmark. but it would not materially reduce that number. and. on the whole. basing Immigration quotas upon that 70year period of immigration to America. would bring us an immigration very similar to that which is coming under the 1890 basis. Mr. President. there has been grave doubt raised as to the advisability of employing the nationalorigins basis.
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