Speech #790105994

But they tell you that bill would admit only 75 or 100 Hindus or Moslems a year and that it amounts to nothing. But the number is not the issue. It is the principle. It is not a question of how many will come here. after all. but the real question is whether or not you want to break down ouz immigration laws. For a long time now we have had in our laws this policy of excluding Asiatics. Our forefathers thought it was good. They thought it would protect American. workers from cheap Asiatic labor. They evidently concluded that it was the right position for America to take. That principle has stood for a long time.