Ours is still an expanding. not a contracting economy. The Secretary of Labor has testified that our labor force now consists of over 66 million persons and is being increased by about 800.000 each year. He estimates that the immigrants admitted by the proposed legislation would add approximately onetenth of one percent to the massive pipeline of workers who man our industry and our farms. Who can say this great country cannot absorb this small increment in its work force? I shall not stress the equally important humanitarian considerations which furnish additional reasons for passage of this legislation. As a Nation of immigrants and the sons of immigrants. passage of this bill is in the line of our best traditions and ideals.
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