The protests against the House bill were from nearly Among other Important matters before the Congress during the past every group and from every section of the country. Republican news- four years of particular interest to Iowa have been papers vied with Democratic newspapers in condemning it. It had no The fights to limit immigration. defenders except certain great industrial Interests in whose behalf and The bill providing for the construction of Boulder Dam. at whose behest It was written. Not even the Republican Congressmen The improvement of our two border riversthe upper Mississippi and by whose votes it was passed defended it. the upper Missouri. Everyone looked to the Senate to rewrite the bill to comply with the Labor legislation. Presidents promises and wishes. " The Senate Finance Committee after long hearings reported a bill which was better than the House bill. but Legislation for veterans of all wars. which in comparison with the existing law was outrageous and unde- I took a leading part in the two principal immigration controversies. fendable. In fact no Senator has had the courage to defend it on the I favored a drastic limitation in the number of immigrants but opposed floor of the Senate from the day it was reported to the day of its the iational origins quota plan because it reduced the percentage of d e S fm timmigrants coming from northern and western Europe. especially passage.. GeanamdteSadavn The Senate started to work on it. There were over 20.000 Items in Germany and the Scandinavian countries. and increased the percentage the bill.
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