Speech #710178232

I am not speaking as to the respective merits of immigration from Canada and from Mexico. I know that immigration from Canada might result in severe competition in Detroit and some other Industrial centers. The Senator from Georgia. however. stated that those who emigrate from the United States to Canada exceed the number of Canadians who come to the United States. In view of the fact that we have an unemployment situation in the United States now. why does the Senator from Alabama want to prevent American workingmen from going to Canada and obtaining good employment there? The Senator from Georgia says the reason he excluded Canada is not on account of the merits or the demerits of the immigration. respectively. from Mexico and from Canada but because more emigrants go from the United States to Canada than immigrants come from Canada to the United States. That is the reason I understood the Senator from Georgia left it out of his measure.