Mr. JOHNSON. when he said " when conditions improve we will not be able to use the 1917 act as a barrier "? In other words. the chairman of immigration is now laying a foundation. using the depression as an excuse. that although conditions will improve tomorrow he wants something permanent to keep people away from the United States who would lawfully be entitled to comefrom those bound in blood and from those who would have a right to bring them in. This bill is going to separate the parents of American citizens forever. because they come within the preferred quota of the countries of their nationality. If you are going to take away 90 per cent of the smallquota countries you might as well have turned around and built a fence and let no one in. for as a matter of fact they will never in their lifetime be able to see their dear children. and you Members of Congress will have to carry the burden and carry it on your conscience. that you were the cause and support of this unAmerican piece of legislation. bearing in mind that you are not helping one single American job. but you are destroying the last breath of liberty among free people for which our forefathers fought and died.
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