The truth of the matter is. then. that for most of the period since the 1924 act went into effect. even the limiting quotas set by that act have not been filledlargely as the result of depression in the 1930s and of World War II. During the period 1930 to 1946. the favored countries of northern and western Europe used on the average 17 percent of their quotas. while in southern and eastern Europe only 42 percent of the much smaller annual quotas were used during this. period. In the quarter century from 1924 .to 1950 only 1.500.000 Immigrants were able to enter our country. under quotas. while a total of approximately 2.500.000 quota numbers went unused. Since the war. as we know. the Con5gress has enagte scal leglslatifri io admit displaced persons from the wartorn areas of Europe. We could have chosen to admit them by using unused quota numbers.
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