President. I rise in opposition to this amendment. The effect of the amendment is to remove the charges against quotas under Displaced Persons Act. section 19 (c) of the Immigration Act of 1917. and under private bills. All the past charges against the qubtas which have been made pursuant to those laws would be forgiven with the result that the overall number of aliens entering this country would be tremendously increased. When we passed the Displaced Persons Act we passed it with the specific understanding that the displaced persons should be charged against the quotas of the countries from which they came. To do other than that at this time would render a moral wrong. because we brought those people in under a specific understanding that they should be charged against the quotas from which they came. under the laws to which I have referred. t am unalterably opposed to these changes for they are merely another method of increasing total immigration to this country. I urge Members of the Senate to reject this amendment.
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