Washington. D. C.: As president Allied Patriotic Societies (Inc.). with 40 affiliated organizations. familiar with their resolutions and position on immigration. protest on their behalf against passage of Harris bill. as amended. first. because it destroys the fair apportionment of European immigration. according to national origins of our population. second. because there are no figures In 1890 census to establish quotas as provided in bill. third. because restriction on South American countries too extreme and discriminatory in view of lack of any restriction on Canada. fourth. clause admitting Mexicans and other aliens as seasonable agricultural labor to return in eight months altogether. impracticable and unfavorable as proved when experiment tried during the war. and nullifies quota restriction in bill on Western Hemisphere countries.
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