, 1922-07-19

in that a from an influx of fully
100000 immigrants at a time when
we could neither assimilate nor employ
them.
Under the quota restrictions 230,537
were admitted to May 81, while about
2,7S7 were admitted temporarily for
reasons Of humanity and because of
difficulties in getting the new law into
operation, while 1,446 were turned back
because of exhausted quotas. Declared
for all causes in eleven months were
11,O66, which / believe Is the record,
and is still moi enough. Too many
diseased, demented and defective are
being admitted.
"The law has been extended, and
during the coming year will be rigidly
enforced. / believe congress would be
justified in amending the law so as
to give all countries a base quota of
about 900. and In addition thereto not
to exceed 2 per cent of the number of
aliens In the United States as shown
by the census of 1910. That would
lessen the difficulties arising from
small quotas now given to certain
countries and would decrease the large
quotas awarded to other countries.
Would Admit Only EIieIbIes.
II believe that all quotns should con-
sist only of persons eligible to citizen
ship under u present naturalization
laws. An amendment to that effect
would end the difficulties which arise
from our 'gentleman's agreement with
Japan. There is no reason why we
should admit to become residents of
can become citizens of the United
States.
Many persons wonder why the per-
centage restriction law has not been
frightened up and made more binding.
Some ask why congress has not en-
acted a law completely suspending i'm
migration for a period of years. Let
me remind all of these qu~estioners that
1t took more than twenty-five years of
continuous effort to get q law even as
restrictive as the three per cent act.
Each and every bill designed really
to restrict immigration passed by sen.
ate and house from the first days of
the administration of Grover Cleveland
to the last days of Woodrow Wilson
was vetoed for some reason or other
usually because the proposed law In
terfered with that nonsensical notion
that the United States was always to
be the asylum for the oppressed of
the world.
Law Came Just In Time.
"The three per cent act ended the
asylum idea just In time to prevent
the United States from becoming the
almshouse of the world (run by its
inmates) and 1 desire to give full cred.
it to the members of the house immI.
grafton committee, of which l have the
honor to be chairman, for sticking to
the Idea of restriction, and for forcing
forward a bill which refused to die
until it was superseded by the billing.
ham act, which both houses passed and
which President Harding signed.
II hold the firm belief that the Unit.
ed States will new 60 back to any
scheme that will welcome the un.
counted millions OF the four corners
of the world to our young, new coun.
try, In which, with it's billions of acres
of land and yet untouched,
fathers and mothers are even now ly.
ing awake nights wondering what lie
to become of their children"
Under the Dillingham; acts the gates
of the United States are now closed
and have been closed for several
months to the following countries: All
African lands. Atlantic islands, Aus.
tralia, Belgium. Bulgaria. Greece. Hun.
gary. Italy, Jugo-Slavia, Luxembourg,
other Asin. other Europe, Palestine,
Poland, New Zealand. Rumania, Switz.
erland, Syria, Turkey and the Smyrna
district.