I im prepared to concede that the Senator from Georgia and the other members of the subcommittee considered all these questions with the utmost care. and that they conducted the hearings in the most orderly way. However. at the same time. questions of policy and questions of opinion. which are not secondary questions at all. are involved in the Joint resolution. The joint resolution clearly impinges on the question of immigration. I accept the statements which have been made that it would not change the quota system. I do not believe it would. but I am not at all clear in my mind as to the effect which the joint resolution would have on the laws regarding the head tax or what effect it would have on the question of immigrants becoming public charges. I do not know. I do not think anyone knows. I notice the provision that the gentleman who is to administer the act shall cooperate with the Secretary of State. That brings to mind a picture of both of them working together. Of course. the question of immigration involves a great deal more than the Secretary of State. It involves other departments. It is my understanding that the proposed legislation has never been cleared by the State Department.
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