Their message is a brief one. and I make no apology for reading it. It is a memorial addressed to the President of the United States. to the Senate. and to the House of Representatives. It is as follows: We. the undersigned. all citizens of the United States. impressed with the vital importance to the country of maintaining and perfecting the present system of immigration restriction. respectfully submit to the President of the United States. to the Senate. and to the House of Representatives the following expression of our views with respect to specific aspects of this question. 1. We urge the extension of the quota system to hill countries of North and South America from which we have substantial immigration and in which the population is not predominantly of the white race. We believe that without such extension the present restriction of immigration is already inadequate and will become increasingly so In the near future. During each of the last two fiscal years we have been admitting upwards of 75.000 immigrants from Mexico. the West Indies. Brazil. and elsewhere who are. for the most part. not of the white race and who. because of their lower standards of living. are able to compete at an advantage with American workers engaged in various forms of agricultural and unskilled labor. 2. We further urge the prompt putting into effect of that provision of the immigration act of 1924 whereby the quotas after July 1. 1927. at prcsent determined by the number of foreign born of each nationality here in the year 1890. are to be adjusted so as to conform to the officially estimated number of persons now in the country of each national origin. either by birth or descent. We believe that this permanent basis for fixing the quotas. already provided for by law. is sound Iii principle and fair to all elements in the population. Only by this method can that large proportion of our population which is descended from the colonists and other early settlers. as well as the members of the newer immigration. have their proper racial representation in the quotas. We believe that Congress wisely concluded that only by such a system of proportional representation in our future Immigration could the racial status quo of the country be maintained or a reasonable degree of homogeneity secured. Without such basic homogeneity. we firmly believe. no civilization can have its best .levelopment. That expression was signed by Professor Conklin. professor of biology at Princeton.
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Immigrants from Mexico, the West Indies, and Brazil are described as not being of the white race and having lower standards of living, allowing them to compete unfairly with American workers.