Mr. President. under the bill as it passed both Houses and came out of conference it would not go into effect until the Filipino Legislature had accepted its provisions and ordered a plebiscite. and not until then would the immigration provisions go into effect. In other words. those provisions are placed upon themselves by the Filipinos and by their government. and I do not believe there is any likelihood whatsoever that the Congress would pass a restriction of Filipino immigration until they themselves had taken some such action as is contemplated in the bill. Mr. President. as I have said. the worst that could happen to the Philippines would be a continuation of a period of uncertainty.
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