Director of Central Intelligence. in which he says that is not a fact. that they have no objections whatsoever to this legislation. � Mr. President. what I am now going to say is taken from Government reports. and is not taken from rumors or "we have been told" reports. During the period from 1930 to 1947. inclusive. under our own quota system we had an unused immigration quota of 2.140.209 persons. For the war period. beginning in 1939. the beginning of the war in Europe. up to the present time. we have unused quotas of 1.090.187. So I think that in view of these facts and based upon Congress having used its wisdom in the establishment of quotas. the provisions of the pending bill will not cause any great influx into this country. It is rather interesting to study immigration during the war years and realize that as compared to quotas of immigration back in 1929. in which year we received 150.000 persons. during the war years our immigration dropped down to as low as 9.054 persons in 1 year. In the entire time during the war years immigration into the United States never exceeded 62.402 persons in 1 year. The unused quotas continue to climb. That is based on calendar years.
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