I did not use the word "racial." I referred to background in relation to institutions and to the adaptability of persons to American customs. It may be that people can come to this country and in time be just as good citizens as the Senator from Rhode Island and the Senator from South Dakota. It may be that the digestive processes of the American system can take only so many at a time. I do not know. I did not write the 1924 act. I did not fix the quota system. That is what we are dealing with as a base. I thought the Senator from Rhode Island was trying to improve the bill by provisions affecting some special situations.
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