Speech #710175628

Mr. President. this is a very simple provision to accomplish a very profound. purpose in the policy of immigration in this country. It would give to the Secretary of Labor. the Secretary of State. the Secretary of Agriculture. and the Secretary of Commerce the -ower under the present quotas to select immigration according to the classes needed at a particular period. This establishes for the immigration policy in the United States a situation similar to what is done. for example. through the policy of the order in council in Canada. It does what the ApJnL 1.6 Board of Trade of Great Britain does. The parliaments establish the metes and bounds under which these official bureaus make the selectivity of immigration. This amendment meets the problem of the Senator from Georgia in that it gives to the Secretary of Labor and his associates in the Cabinet the power to choose at any time accordiing to the needs of the period Mexican immigration. and to establish the rules under which it shall be brought in. and under which it shall be returned. if necessary. It solves the problem of seasonal labor for the Senator from Wyoming in that it provides that there can be brought in from Mexico at any time upon proof of the need whatever labor is necessary. In fact it establishes for all time in this country that hereafter immigration into the United States. not only from the quota countries but from the nonquota countries. shall be limited under the quotas according to the needs and to the classes. the problem of administration resting within the judgment of the Secretary of Labor and his associates in the Cabinet. Mr. President. it is the first time we have attempted in this country-