We could establish a boardand that is what is proposed in this amendmenta part of whose very serious business would be the constant study of population levels in this country. of employment levels. of unusual conditions. of the special needs of the particular hour. and in view of the conditions discovered to fit the allowances under the quota into a process of selectivity. For instance. the Senator from North Carolina is concerned just now about rayon workers. Under the present quota law it is necessary to secure a new permit every six months in order that some 300 people from Hollandor 600 or whatever the number may bemay stay on and work in the rayon factories. Under the power proposed to be granted by the amendment the Secretary of Labor and his associates in the Cabinet would be allowed to charge such rayon workers to the quota from Holland. The problem would be solved. and with t more accurate and direct knowledge of the situation. with a more precise movement of administration. than is possible under the present law.
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