I should say that they relate to the pooling of the unused quotas and the removal of racial discrimination as it applies to orientals. When I made my remarks in relation to Senate bill 2550. I emphasized what I considered to be the appropriate philosophy of immigration legislation. I pointed out that in the kind of world in which we live. we. as Americans. must recognize that as we legislate in the field of immigration we are not only legislating in the area of domestic policy. which some would like to separate neatly from foreign policy. but we are legislating in terms of our relationship to all the rest of the world. The philosophy which is embodied in this legislation may have a profound effect upon American policies and American relationships in areas of the world where today we stand very. very weak. I submit that there is nothing more important today than to remove from immigration policy the kind of slapintheface which the present law gives. namely. racial discrimination. particularly as it applies to those from the Asiatic area. . Let me say to my colleagues that the substitute measure provides for the removal of the discriminatory features of present immigration law. so far as it applies to those of oriental background or ancestry in the Asiatic areas of the world. This point must be driven home. I have talked with many of my colleagues.
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