Mr. Speaker. I sincerely regret that this humanitarian measure has offered an excuse to bring before the House at this time the entire immigration question. The purpose of the bill under consideration. H. R. 6464. is to repatriate or return to the Philippine Islands thousands of unemployed and destitute Filipinos. As stated before. it is a decidedly humanitarian measure. and an economic one as well. From the most reliable information possibleand I refer to the United States Department of Labor Immigration Bureauthere are at this time approximately 65.000 Filipinos in the United States. About half of that number are in the State of California. The remainder are spread throughout the large cities of this country.
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