Americans whose ancestors have come from every nation under the sun have rallied to the colors in all our wars. No group has a monopoly on either virtue or rascality and the concept that certain national origin groups make better citizens than others has been exploded time and time again. At present. the Judiciary Committee is holding hearings on proposals to eliminate the discriminatory national origin quota system in our immigration law. Recently. the mayor of Hoboken. N.J.. Hon. John J. Grogan. and the city council of that city. have approved a resolution memorializing the Congress of the United States to eliminate the discriminatory clause in the national origin quota system. The city fathers in the city of Hoboken have struck an important blow against the concept that some immigrants make better citizens than others. I am proud to include at this point in the RECORD this forwardlooking resolution. The resolution follows:
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that some national origin groups make better citizens than others.