The American people and the world wait for noble deeds to match the noble words. Are they to conclude the words were only cynical appeals in a close campaign? The Republican platform of 1960 declares that: The annual number of immigrants we accept be at least doubled. Obsolete immigration laws be amended by abandoning the outdated 1920 census data as a base and substituting the 1960 census. The guidelines of our immigration policy be based upon judgment of the Individual merit of each applicant for admission and citizenship. This is preceded by the statement that: Immigration has been reduced to the point where it does not provide the stimulus to growth that it should nor are we fulfilling our obligation as a haven for the oppressed. Several bills to implement this platform have been introduced by Republican Members of Congress. notably. the broad bill. H.R. 7987. by the distinguished gentleman from New York and in the other body.
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