We may. Demagogs may seek to use what may result from the conference at a later time. Let it be said. first. that there is no diminution of any kind or character in the highest rate of immigration from Latin America in recent years. The figure is now about 135.000. It has averaged at 110.000 per year for the past 10 years. As the Senator from Massachusetts pointed out. the addition provided for brings the number beyond the current range. which in 1964 was about 140.000. Second. we are engaged in a great immigration reform. I hope our friends in Latin America. whom we number in the millions. will understand they are helping us in achieving an important reform for Americas position in the world. With all due respect to the Senator from North Carolina in what he has said about the national origins quota system. it has been one of the most distasteful aspects of American foreign policy. so far as the nations of the world are concerned. Some persons may say. "What do we care what they think of us if we are right?" But. Mr.
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