Speaker. I am today introducing a bill along lines which I stated here 4 years ago I hoped some day would become law. but which it was clear could not be acted upon favorably at that time. during the war. The bill will erase all the discriminations in our nationality and immigration laws. which have so greatly contributed to illfeeling in many parts of the world. and yet admit per year only a few hundred more persons of Asiatic ancestry who are presently ineligible. It will place all people in the world on an equal footing in their ability to become citizens of the United States. It does not change the quota law in any respect. it merely extends it. I believe in the quota law. and do not wish to change it. but I also believe no decent person should be excluded from its application solely on the basis of his race or ancestry. Once this bill becomes law. no further changes will be needed in the quota law. All people whether in Europe. Africa. the Americas.
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