Chairman. I shall only ask. your indulgence very briefly in opposition to the pending amendment. I believe I can safely say that no Member of this House could be more strongly in favor of immigration restrictions than I am. My record of service here clearly bears out that statement. I submit. however. in all fairness that the amendment offered by the distinguished gentleman from South Dakota has no proper place in the pending bill. Certainly we cannot deal with such an important question as immigration in this kind of a bill. To analyze for just a moment. let us bear in mind what the real effect of his amendment would be. It would give a direct competitive advantage to aliens who are employed in this country in the following respect: If an employer had a group of aliens employed. he would have to pay no tax on them. whereas if he had American citizens employed. he would have to pay the tax.
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