President. this amendment is a very simple one. While I believe that it affects the policy of the McCarran bill. as enunciated by the distinguished chairman of the Judiciary Committee. I think it represents a policy that should be adopted by the United States in the establishment of its permanent procedure regarding immigration. The amendment does not affect the usage of the 1920 census as a basis for the formula. Nor does it affect the percentage of onesixth of 1 percent as a basis. Therefore. it means that the overall number of immigrants entering this country will still be in the neighborhood of 150.000. I wish to make that abundantly clear at the outset. because yesterday we debated an amendment in the nature of a substitute. While that substitue included the substance of the amendment together with other features which might have been somewhat obnoxious to some Members of the Senate. the purpose of this amendment is to lift out of the substitute amendment the pooling provision and consider it on its own.
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