President. I wish to conclude my remarks. Those of us who oppose the McCarran bill approach the subject of immigration with all due humility. It would be very desirable if all the Members of the Senate would approach the subject with sincere humility. for we all are immigrants in this country. whether our ancestors arrived on the Mayflower or whether we arrived under the provisions of the Displaced Pei sons Act. It was immigrationimmigration by members of all nationalitieswhich made this country great. In building up the United States. we had no quota system in operation. Let us not forget the great contributions which immigrants have made to the development of the Nation. Yesterday I cited some of their contributions. I said that probably our greatness was due to our immigration policy. It was due to the fact that we brought in new blood. new lives. new ideas. and new cultures. Let us think of the great contributions made by men like the du Ponts. refugees from France to our chemical industry. Andrew Carnegie. a Scottish immigrant to our steel industry. William Knudson. who came from Denmark to our automobile industry. Michael Cudahy.
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