I am not going to take the time of the Senate to read it. but it suffices. I think. to say that Germany. for example. whose nationals are demanding that we should admit them in unlimited numbers. prohibits our workers from taking positions held by Germans in that land. Germany fixes every year beforehand the number of immigrant land workers to be admitted. and every alien worker must get a permit from the German Government. The whole matter is too long for me to read it at this time. but If Senators will read it I think it will be observed that the entire continent of Europe closes its doors against any immigration from us. while at the same time demanding. as if they had a qualified ownership in our country. that their people shall be admitted here. Before I finish I think it only fair to those Senators who have been troubled by the Presidents attitude in the matter to call to their attention the difference between the Republican platform declarations and the Presidents own expression. The Republican platform says nothing whatsoever about a change in the immigration law or a repeal of national origins. The plank was this: The Republican Party believes that in the interest of both native and foreignborn wage earners it Is necessary to restrict Immigration. Unrestricted immigration would result In widespread unemployment and in a breakdown of the American standard of living. Where. however. the law works undue hardship by depriving the immigrant of the comfort and society of those bound by close family ties. such modification should be adopted as will afford relief. We commend Congress for correcting defects for humanitarian reasons and for providing an effective system of examining prospective Immigrants in their home countries.
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