Mr. Speaker. in response to numerous requests made by Government agencies. manufacturers. educational and scientific institutions. hospitals and laboratories. I am this day introducing a bill which properly could be described as our first attempt to provide for selective immigration. Under the provisions of this bill 3.200 highly skilled aliens could be admitted annually to the United States without regard to quotas. if their admission will be proved .to be beneficial to this country. This. .of course. will not mean any great in.crease in the number. of aliens coming to the United States. because we are today and have been since 1946 admit.. ting fewer than 50 percent of the number of quota immigrants authorized by the quotas. but it will allow the selection of skilled artisans and specialists needed in industry. in the medical profession and other scientific fields in which these people can contribute much. I ask unanimous consent to insert at this point of my remarks in the RECORD a copy of the bill to which I refer.
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