They include: First. The fact that the Walter bill bases its quota allotments on 1920 census data. Obviously. if we are to achieve the desired modernization of our immigration system. we must use as a base for quotas the 1950 census. as provided for in the HumphreyLehman and Roosevelt bills. Second. The fact that the Walter bill makes no provision for the utilization by lowquota countries of the plentiful number of unused quotas of other countries like Great Britain and the Scandinavian countries. Third. The continued restrictions of the Walter bill on immigration from the southern and eastern European countries. Italy. for example. with its entire population crowded into an area no larger than the State of California. can hope for no appreciable help from the Walter bill in solving its chief problem today. Fourth. The fact that the Walter bill changes immigration quotas for Jamaica and other Caribbean colonies from the neverfilled United Kingdom quota of 65.721. to a special quota of 100 for each such colonythus. drastically restrictIng immigration from this area. In voting for the recommittal of the Walter bill I do so in the hope that the Judiciary Committee will report back to the House a bill more in line with the HumphreyLehman. Roosevelt bills.
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