President. in our great anxiety to put the British on the preferred list we included certain of their colonies. so that the negroes of the West Indies can now come in as Englishmen. That is one thing I am protesting against. Two points only are covered by my amendment. First. shall we reduce the immigrants by onefourth. second. shall we go back to the law which was in force up to July 1 of basing our quota upon the 1890 census? As I have said. this plan will give preference to selfgoverning countries of northern Europe. to Germany. Ireland. and to the Scandinavian countries. it will reduce the British quota. but not seriously.
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