May I say in passing. however. that the bill which the opponents of the committee measure would have us adopt does discriminate in a very real sense. It is a measure which discriminates against the American people. It discriminates against American institutions. It discriminates against the American way of life. for it would tear down the protective immigration system. Why is it. Mr. President. that the opponents of the committee bill persist in misconstruing the basic philosophy behind the national origins quota system? T hey speak as though the national origins quota system deliberately set about to discriminate against the people of southern and eastern Europe. and then they launch into an emotionally charged description of the virtues of those noble people. I say. Mr.
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