Speech #790106004

R. 2256. and so did Ambassador Phillips. speaking very strongly for the State Department. As a result of the administrations and the State Departments increased and increasing support of the bill from the time of its introduction. the committee reconsidered its decision. and reported out the bill we now have before us by a vote of 9 to 6. Under the existing quota system. this bill will permit the immigration into the United States. from anywhere in the world. of not more than 75 Eastern Hemisphere Indians. or their descendants. a year.. Now during the lengthy hearings on this bill. many reasons were given by a number of important and persuasive witnesses. representing large trade. church. labor. and civic welfare groups and organizations. why we should pass the bill. Most of these reasons suggested that it was to our own immediate selfinterest to do so.