I repeat that we should be sensible and should fight the war as we come to it and as it presents itself but that we should not be so soft as to feel and think that we can win the war by legislation passed simply as a gesture. The war is bigger than that and the Chinese people are bigger than that and the interest of our own country is bigger than that and this Congress ought to be bigger than that. Immigration is a very human question. Tariffs and taxes and so forth are intangible and unseen issues but immigration. the moving about of people. is altogether a human question and consequently is very interesting. It permits sympathies and prejudices to have play very easily. When I came to Congress I was assigned to service on the Immigration Committee where I served for many years. I served during the time that the immigration policy of this Nation was made effective. I know something of the work and the thought that the statesmen of 20 or 25 years ago gave to the solving of thisvery important question. Our country has probably been the foremost nation of the world in matters of immigration. We established the principle that it is an inherent right of every nation to control the immigration into Its territory. It is a very essential element of sovereignty. We took the position. and still maintain it. that we have full right to determine who shall come into our borders and who shall not come.
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