policy statement then praises the legislative proposals of Senator HART and Representative CELLER. emphasizing that: "These bills provide for the ultimate abolition of the national quota system with the substitution of the aforementioned standards based on talent. need. and democratic commitment." And here the AFLCIO finds itself in full accord with the 1960 platform of the Democratic Party which declares: "We shall adjust our immigration. nationality. and refugee policies to eliminate discrimination * * *. The national origins quota system of limiting immigration contradicts the founding principles of this Nation. It is inconsistent with our belief in the rights of man." We of labor are in harmony also with the convictions expressed by Presidents Truman. Kennedy. and Johnson in advocating immigration reform. President Johnson. just 3 months ago. pointed out as did his predecessors. that Britain now exhausts less than half its annual quota of 65.000 admissions. and Germany never fills its quota of 24.000 emigrants to the United States. In contrast. the President noted. Italy has a quota of only 5.645 but a current backlog of nearly 300.000 applicants.
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