Mr. Chairman. I would like to point out again to the chairman of the subcommittee that when we wanted to eliminate the national origins quota and take in the 20.000 per country in the Eastern Hemisphere. and none for the Western Hemisphere. we were careful in insuring that there would be a transition so that the countries which enjoyed a higher quota would not be hurt drastically by suddenly taking away from them all their visas. We therefore provided for a 3year transitional period. As a matter of fact. I asked for a 5year period. and history and experience proves that I was correct because there were inequities that continued for a period of 5 years.
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