The measure. however. would provide for a gradual 5year phaseout of the present system so as not to create rapid change without adequate time to adjust. My bill would also remove the most blatantly discriminatory section in the present act. the infamous provision of the "AsianPacific triangle." Under this provision all citizens of Asian ancestry are placed into a single category. regardless of their place of birth. This category. representing almost all of Asia. is then limited to less than 2.000 spaces per year in the quota system. or less than 2 percent of the total. Such provisions are not only a diplomatic handicap in our relations with such proWestern Asian nations as Japan. the Philippines. Thailand. and Malaysia. but they are also provisions which are morally indefensible to a nation committed to the proposition that all men are created equal.
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