Speech #780106530

Mr. Chairman. my reason for favoring the repeal of the Chinese exclusion law and to grant them a quota of 105 per year is a selfish one. I take this position because I think that it is the best thing for America. Many able military men. such as Admiral Yarnell. believe that this alone will save countless lives. If that is the case. I want to vote for it. . I have served on the Committee of Immigration and Naturalization for 4 years. My record on that committee will show that I am not for unrestricted and unlimited immigration. You find here today battling for this bill the gentleman from Texas . the gentleman from Georgia . the gentleman from Illinois . and the gentleman from Kansas . 1.11 are for restricting immigration generally. Two of those gentlemen have pending before our committee bills to restrict overall immigration into this. country. I. too. will support such legislation. I would vote today to cut down all quotas for the postwar period. but this Chinese. problem must not be confused with that problem. The Chinese recognize our right to limit immigration to prevent unemployment or for any other like reason. They grant to the United States the right to shut off all immigration. if we so desire. but they do object to a policy that permits the immigration into this country of hundreds of thousands and not one Chinese. At the present time. the Chinese are prohibited from coming into the United States. This is one of the most forceful arguments that the Japanese have in their drive to break down the resistance of the Chinese.