Mr. Chairman. it is very evident to every posted Member of this House that there is no chance to get out of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization any bona fide measure to restrict immigration or to stop it. So. if we expect to get a bill passed in this Congress to stop immigration and save American jobs for Americans. it must be done by the House itself and we must take that proposal away from the committee. The Chairman of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization has demonstrated that he is not in favor of such a plan. He admitted on the floor the other day that he had put in what he called his "deadhouse" in the last Congress all such measures. He admitted that by his vote he killed the Dies bill. He cast the deciding vote in his committee against the Dies bill. which sought to restrict immigration to 60 percent of present quotas. This is clearly shown by the colloquys I will quote from the speech of the Chairman of the Immigration Committee from the RECORD of February 19. 1935. page 2232. to wit:
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