Mr. President. the effect of the substitute I have offered is to place the entire system of immigration into the United States upon a selective basis. It does not affect the present quotas. and it solves more problems that have arisen this afternoon in this debate than any other proposal that has been suggested. It gives to the Secretary of State. the Secretary of Agriculture. the Secretary of Commerce. and the Secretary of Labor the power to prescribe selective immigration as to classes. as to the needs of the hour. as to the provisions under which these people shall come in. It establishes the quotas as the metes and bounds under which these Secretaries shall make their administrative rulings. It does not affect. for example. the quotas as changed this afternoon by the amendment of the Senator from South Dakota.
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