The representative of union labor. Mr. Hushing. in discussing the matter before our committee. called attention to the fact that emigration might be controlled by the quota regulations of the immigration act so that our Government could control the character and the kind of immigrants that come here front every portion of the world. By previous legislation we had restricted Asiatic entry. but at the present time and until independence is granted to the Philippines there can be no control over this vast and increasing immigration to the United States from the Philippine Islands. It is true. as the Senator from California said. that the subject may drift into a lower plane than that of liberty and redeeming a national promise. Our committee has already heard from the three great national farm organizations of America asking for Philippine independence.
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