In his report upon H. R. 10343 the Representative from Washington Mr. JOHNSON. mentioned the necessity for a quota for the West Indies in these words: The committee has thought it best to round out the program of quantitative restriction. the quota system. by placing those countries of the West Indies. which are not dependencies drawing their quotas from the mother countries. on a quota basis. Several reasons are apparent. One is that when a restriction is applied in one place the demand immediately sucks in immigration from another. This was predicted at the time the immigration act of 1924 was enacted. Mexican immigration of the peon type Increased immediately. Let me invite particular attention to the words. " the demand immediately sucks in immigration from another." If a rigid quota is imposed upon Mexico a void will be created. a vacuum. as Representative JoHNSON said. which must be filled. If nothing is done to prevent the admission of cheap labor from other sources where the quota is not applicable. we will have a repetition of what occurred in 1924. One source of obtaining that kind of labor is the Philippine Islands.
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Mexican immigrants are described as 'peon type' and 'cheap labor'.