Mr. Speaker. in an interview last fall I said the people generally were tired of immigration and would suspend it all if they could. Later. in a debate at the annual meeting of the National Chamber of Commerce. I amplified the statement. Indorsement has been general. However. the bestinformed and most ardent restrictionists see the difficulties and the dangers of complete suspension. My proposal limited Immigration to the fathers. mothers. wives. and children of those now here. But in attempting to write such a law one would have to pay attention to the clauses of our treaties with the nations of the world. to the demand for the admission of certain highly skilled technicians and experts. the admission of learned professors. of worldfamed artists. musicians. and :members of the professions. ineluding the "pseudos" of all these. Once the naming of exemptions begins the trouble starts.
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