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subsequently said: Mr. President. during the course of my remarks a few moments ago the senior Senator from Georgia directed an inquiry to me in reference to Senate bill 409. and I am ready to assume as a result of inquiries directed to me a moment ago in the cloak room by some of my colleagues that I evidently did not understand the question of the Senator from Georgia. If he was referring to the basic quota law. I wish to say In conjunction therewith that I did not intend to convey an erroneous impression. to the effect that Senate bill 409 increases the present world quota. but I intended to convey the impression that in my opinion Senate bill 409 would give a certain class of aliens a preference which they do not have at the present time. and that. as a result of what