Representatives of a large local title company concur in this view. In conclusion. it appears that this bill. as it relates to the aliens now in this country. would not have any serious effects on our community. At the last regular session of the Eightieth Congress. legislation was introduced designed to remove racial discrimination from our naturalization and immigration laws without abandoning the national origins quota principle established by the Immigration Act of The practical effect of this bill is twofold: First. it would permit aliens now in the United States who are ineligible for citizenship solely because of raceprimarily Japaneseto become naturalized if they meet all other qualifications. and. second. natives of Japan and other Asiatic countries could use their token immigration quotas and would no longer be excluded solely because of race. In a word. the principles of the 1943 act ending racial discrimination against the Chinese would be extended to the Japanese and all other Asiatics. A subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee held hearings last April on this legislation as originally proposed in H. R. 5004. In principle. the legislation was widely supported. but as a result of the hearings some structural changes were made and H. R. 6809 was substituted. the national origins quota principle. which provides basic protection. The enactment of this. legislation will remove an affront to the Asiatic race that has provided Communists and others with material with which to criticize America. We made a step in this direction in 1943 in the case of China. and see no reason why it should not be extended to all peoples. I herewith submit the favorable resolution adopted by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors:
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