Will the bare necessities of water and land be sufficient. or will we be like other overpopulated countries of the world? Today the cry is for more schoolsmore hospitals. and more of many other things that makes America the place that so many now want to come to. Do we need to artificially increase our population by liberalizing our immigration policies? Have you ever done the arithmetic to figure our what effect immigration has on the population growth of this country? The current population growth in the United States is 1.7 percent per year. Lets assume that in 1960 we get 450.000 immigrants. If we add 1.7 percent to that figure. compounded annually. we arrive at a total in excess of 867.000 by the year 2000only 41 years from now. That calculation does not include any immigration after 1960. We have seen figures based on 350.000 immigrants each year from 1960 to the year 2000. to which is added 1.7 percent annual growth. The cumulative total exceeds 20 million. This is something to think about. It is no longer universally popular to speak out for the good of America and its futurethere are many crosscurrents which at times seem to place individuals motives and desires above the security and welfare of our country. The American Legion has consistently and courageously too. we believeraised its voice in opposition to proposals. trends. and events which were considered to be detrimental to our national welfare. We believe the present flow of immigration to this country is the maximum that can be equitably assimilated in even such shortrange program as one ending in the year 2000. Mr. Speaker. this sort of thing is the best way I know to discredit the worthwhile things contained in this bill.
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