Speech #710026074

We ought to oppose national origins here as a body because it works unnecessary hardships upon a people. as was declared by President Hoover. Sixth. We ought to oppose national origins because it does not invite the confidence of people whose confidence Is necessary to the success of any immigration measure. Seventh. We ought to oppose national origins because of the incompleteness of the records upon which immigration quotas are builded under the nationalorigins plan. Eighth. We ought to oppose national origins because it attempts to base quotas upon facts and figures which in large part have been destroyed by fires engendered by the British back in 1814.