Speech #710175633

I dare say that at this hour. if this were enacted into law. we would not be receiving from any quota country any of the labor that Is now competing for the jobs in the United States during this period of unemployment. This amendment provides that the Secretary of State must be satisfied with the rules. and he is jealous. of course. of the effect which the attitude of this country toward our neighbor countries may have in our relations of diplomacy. It provides that the Secretary of Commerce must be satisfied. and it is his jealous concern that nothing shall be done in relation to immigration that injures commerce. It provides that the Secretary of Agriculture shall be satisfied. and his jealous concern is that no limitation be placed or provision made concerning immigration that shall affect agriculture in an unfortunate way. Mr. President. in this country our immigration system has grown up somewhat like Topsy. We began with the system which allowed countries to dump their aliens almost without restriction.