Speech #890086781

Mr. President. the Sunday. July 4. issue of the Louisville CourierJournal included an inspiring editorial in support of the administrations efforts finally to abolish the national origins quota system. It was. indeed. an appropriate subject for editorializing throughout the land on our Independence Day. for we are a nation of immigrants. and it is long past the hour for this biased and narrow system to be abolished. I am hopeful. Mr. President. that the Judiciary Committees of the two Houses will complete their work on the bill which Representative CELLER. myself. and many of our colleagues have introduced. so that the President can sign this historic measure as one of the many outstanding accomplishments of the first session of the 89th Congress.