Speech #820214789

However. the Senator from South Dakota does not seem to understand the implications of the section of the bill beginning on page 35. about which we have been speaking. That section of the bill would do away with the entire system of national origins. insofar as it applies to orientals. In other words. it would require that if a person of 50 percent Indian blood. let us say. was born In Englandthus obviously being a citizen of Great Britainthat person. whether man. woman. or child. could not enter the United States as an immigrant under the quota for Great Britain. as allowed under the quota system. Yet if a man or woman of whole English blood. 100 percent AngloSaxon. were born in Spain. that man or woman could come in as a Spaniard. regardless of the blood. so to speak. The Senator from Minnesota was pointing out that no member of this body is wise enough to ascertain whether a person has 50 percent of oriental blood. and I doubt whether it would be possible to find very many doctors who would be able to prove it scientifically.