La Prensa and La Naci6n. are read extensively. and have a profound influence on opinion in South America. Argentina is a country which has made tremendous progress during the last few years. I quote from La Prensa. referring to an editorial in La Naci~n of April 7. in which is brought out the fact thatLa Naci6n in its editorial today qualifies as unjust the projected legislation on immigration in so far as It limits Immigration from the Hispanic American countries by means of quotas. The editorial states that such a plan will tend to injure friendly sAntiments toward the United States all over the American Continent. " If this measure is approved." says La Naci6n. " Pan Americanism. acclaimed in the periodical congresses organized by the general offices in Washington. which acquires a basis of practical reality through the freedom of intercourse. can only be Invoked in oratorical arguments in their plenary sessions." It adds that Pan Americanism will gradually decay if the Johnson billNow on the House Calendar and referred to in the debate this afternoon as a possible substitute for the Harris billand Harris bills are approved. which place the nations included under Monroeism In the same situation as the countries of the Old World. It declares that even if the United States should exclude surplus Mexican immigration. it is unjust to raise barriers against the people
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