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Do you believe we as a nation should support the ideals of freedom and selfdetermination for all enslaved people? -------------------------------- 1 66 ----16. Do you favor adoption by United States of a strong and farsighted liberation policy? ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 65 1 PART 2.-Tentative issues Issue Abstain Yes No 1. Revise Immigration Act... ... . .. . .. .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . ..----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 58 7 Introduce in Congress an omnibus Immigration and naturalization bill designed to wipe out iniquities of the McCarranWalter Act. namely: a. Eliminate discriminsatory and racist aspects of present quota system which favors Nordic peoples. Harsh. unfair aspects are exemplified in the yearly immigration quotas: Britain --------------------------- 65. 361 France -------------------------- 3.069 Czechoslovakia -------------- 859 Hlungary -------------------------- 865 Greece -------------------------- 308 Yugoslavia ---------------------- 933 Romania ------------------------- 289 Poland -------------------------- 6.488 Japan ----------- --------------- 92 Germany ------------------------ 25.814 Norway -------------------2.364 China --------------------------- 100 Ireland --------------------------- 17. 756 italy ---------------------------- 5.645 b. Abolish second class citizenshipwipe out all distinction between nativeborn and naturalized citizens. c. Eliminate harsh penalties. e. g.. deportation. for minor offenses committed 20 to 30 years ago or more. d. Apply unused Nordic quota numbers to desirable nonNordic immigrants. mostly kin. Irrespective of birthplace. 2. Fight unemployment... . .. . .. .. . .. .. . . . . ... . . ...------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 57 5 Seek adoption by administration andCongress of measures to effectively combat the current recession which has reached alarming proportions: a.