Did the appropriate committee in those two Congresses make any recommendation of the type now suggested by the gentleman from Minnesota? I know of no such suggestion. and I have been here all these years. Nobody on the Republican side ever made a speech from the well of this House or anywhere else advocating that we abrogate or nullify this open door policy as far as the Western Hemisphere was concerned. Of course. it was never done because we wanted to solidify as best we could the relations that exist between this country and the countries to the south of us. and with Canada. with the countries of Pan America. It would be unfortunate if at this late date. and at this crucial time we were to make this sudden change and say to Argentina and Chile and Bolivia and Paraguay and Colombia and Brazil. "We are now going to put limitations on you." These countries have not sent in a tremendous influx of immigrants. The number that has come in is very slight. Peru sent in a little over 2.000.
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