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Mr. Speaker. under leave to extend my remarks in the CoNGRESSIONAL RECORD. I wish to insert the following results of a vote taken by the Commonwealth Club of California on immigration and deportation. This poll was taken following the circulation to all their members of a report of the clubs A4298 immigration section preceded by an 18month study of the subject. Should the immigration law be amended so that1. (a) Quotas will be changed from the present 1920 census base L to that of the most recent published census? Yes. 926. lio. 555. (b) Unfilled portion of annual quotas will be made available for use by other nations in succeeding years? Yes. 673. no. 794. 2. (a) All immigrants. regardless of race. will be charged to country of birth? Yes. 967. no. 418. (b) Quotas for specific countries will be .abolished. and an overall quota established to which every immigrant would be chargeable. regardless of origin. birthplace. or race? Yes. 421. no. 975. 3. Immigrants born in Western Hemisphere will be made subject to quota? Yes. 951. no. 491. 4. Broader discretion will be given for administrative relief against exclusion or deportation regulations? Yes. 1.012. no. 461. 5. Commencement of deportation proceedIngs will be limited to 10 years after cause for deportation? Yes. 760. no. 714. 6. The immigration and nationality laws will be administered by an independent commission rather than by a bureau in the Department of Justice? Yes. 581. no. 883. 7. A visa review board will be established to consider appeals from denial of visas? Yes. 1.005. no. 477. 8. Specific provision will be made for court review of decisions of administrative authorities in all important immigration matters? Yes. 1.185. no. 299. Whereby quotas have been prorated on a percentage basis toeach country according to the national origins of the United States population.