The answer is emphatically "No." The thrust of this bill is no appreciable increase in numbers. But we provide for a fair. decent. equitable distribution of the numbers that are permissible. The bill places a limit of authorized yearly immigration at 170.000. inclusive of 10.200 refugees. no more than a maximum of 20.000 will be allotted to any 1 country. To this may be added the spouses and children and parents of the U.S. citizens. In that latter category there were something like 35.000 last year. The State Department. the Labor Department. the Department of Justice. all exercise rigid control over those immigrants who may come in. Excluding relatives entitled to a preference no one can be admitted unless the Secretary of Labor issues an individual certificate that there will be no displacement of an American from his job. that there will be no adverse effect on working conditions. and that there will be no deleterious effect upon American labor in general. Mr. Chairman. this bill has the support of our labor organizations. the support of the Lutheran Conference. the Friends. the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.
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