Speech #830100515

Already. Mr. Speaker. we have the most liberal immigration laws with respect to admission of immigrants of any of the major countries. We permit 156.000 to come in annually. if they desire. But each country is accorded a quota in relationship to the number of people of that origin who were in this country prior to the passage of the first quota law in 1921 and reenacted and made permanent in 1924. That policy. in my judgment. has the support of the vast majority of the American people. I dare say that if we could have a referendum on that subject. twothirds of the American people would vote to retain our quota system and keep it inviolate. But like creeping socialism that becomes a reality before you are aware of it. so we witness here today an attempt at a creeping breakdown of our quota system. Mr. Speaker. according to records In the Clerks office. a total of $1.037.489.83 has been spent to influence Congress and the country in behalf of these attempts to break down our admission policies.