The list of the great explorers of Italian birth who blazed the trails across the unknown seas is a long one. and includes not only Columbus and Verrazzano. but also Cabot. Vespucci. and many. many others. That should be warrant enough for the elimination from our immigration laws of all traces of discrimination against Italians. Indeed. if any people has a historical right to a preference. it Is the Italians. But today we believe there should be no preferences or discrimination for or against any people. and that all immigrants should be admitted into our country on the basis of individual worth. I hope that from the observance of Verrazzano Day. there will be a renewed dedication to the broadening of our welcome to peoples of Italian birth and descent who desire to emigrate to America.
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