Secondly. I listened with considerable attention to what the gentleman from Ohio said. He was here when I was here way back in 1924 when there was considered in the House. immigration based upon national origins. The gentleman may remember that I took the floor in opposition to what was then a new theorythe theory of national origins. What is meant by "national origins"? "National origins" as it was exemplified in the 1924 act meant that if there is to be any new immigration into this fair land of ours. it should be as near as possible consonant with the complexions and nature of the races and strains of peoples that existed in this country not in 1924 but way back in 1890. Why was 1890 taken as the open sesame. the magic year?
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