President. the Senator from Washington has said that he opposes the adoption of the Gould amendment because there is no basis for the quotas as provided in that amendment. the Gould amendment being identical in language with the Johnson bill heretofore reported to the House of Representatives. The basis for the proposed quotas is clearly stated in the report on the Johnson bill which completely explains the origin and purpose of that measure. The House Committee on Immigration adopted four times the number of emigrants leaving the United States in 1929 to the contiguous countries of Canada. Mexico. and Cuba as the unit of control. That committee could have used a uniform rule. except that there were no figures kept by the United States Immigration Service to show the departures of American citizens for the countries of Central and South America. Therefore. in the absence of a record. the committee adopted an entirely practical plan. which Is that as many may enter from such countries as visas were issued to their citizens departing for the United States during the past year. No discrimination is intended. and none can be construed from the adoption of that provision. I sincerely hope that the Gould amendment will be adopted. primarily because it avoids discrimination between countries of the Western Hemisphere.
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