EASTLAND1 has committed some kind of sin in the introduction of a bill or two. and likewise my colleague the senior Senator from Tennessee [Mr. McKEL-" LAR] has been guilty of a sinful act in introducing Senate Joint Resolution 23. and then my name appears: STEWART. of Tennessee. has put S. 240 Into the hopper. It prohibits Immigration during any year after the present war when the total unemployed is 1.000.000 or more. Then comes the following in parentheses. if you please: (This is a part of the antialien campaign and would tend to turn nativeborn against foreignborn and aliens. It also violates our traditions of sanctuary and asylum to the persecuted and oppressed of all nations.) Yes. Mr. President. I introduced S. 240. and it does provide that after this war shall have ended there shall be no immigration into these United States during any calendar year in which there are 1.000.000 unemployed. To quote exactly: When the number of unemployed persons. including United States war veterans. within the United States is 1.000.000 or more. The purpose of the bill is. as it says. to prevent foreign immigrants from coming into the United States of America to take up their abode so long as there are 1.000.000 unemployed within the confines of the 48 States. Yes. Mr.
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