I have given much thought to this problem. The Senator may remember that this question was before the Committee on Foreign Relations about 6 years ago. when an amendment was offered to the mutual security program and the foreign aid program to impose quotas. It first carried in the committee. but later the action was reversed by a single vote. after representatives of the Department of State. the Department of Commerce. and the Department of Defense had appeared before us and assured us that they would establish a voluntary quota system. Even then. the Senator may remember. the late Senator George offered an amendment on the floor of the Senate. and it failed of adoption by a single vote. Then it was that Japan imposed upon herself the system of voluntary quotas. to which the Senator from Rhode Island has referred. and Japan has lived up to that system of quotas quite well.
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