Mr. Chairman. in the Appendix of the RECORD. on page A4408. in an extension of remarks. I inserted a group of editorials from various States of the Union asking for the repeal of the Chinese exclusion laws. I have also given the ranking minority member of my committee an additional number of editorials from every State In the Union. I believe. urging that the Chinese exclusion laws be repealed. I have yet to find any opposition to it in any great newspaper. or by any great organization representing a large number of the people of this country. I heard the statement made that we should cut the quota. If you want to help China and do the right thing by this bill. then you had better not attempt to offer any amendments. because you are going.to destroy the whole purpose of this legislation. If there is a problem concerning quotas we can deal with it when considering bills that are pending before the committee dealing specifically with the quota system. There is no reason why this clearcut issue of repealing the Chinese exclusion acts should be complicated by encumbering this bill with a lot of amendments not germane to this legislation. To come back to the bill before usit has been stated several times today that we do not really know how the Chinese people feel about the exclusion acts. Let me call your attention to a statement made before the committee by the Most Reverend Bishop Yu Pin. the Catholic bishop of China. His statement appears on page 13 of the hearings. and I shall quote only a little portion of itappearing on page 14 of the hearing.
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