Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26

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national origins.
There has also been m effort mace
to cause people to believe that natinnai
origins would remedy that situaflon
which finds our iails, our asyinn1s and
our hospitals filled with diseased. Zee
bie-fnitIded and pauperS. who are M
minraalts from countries of at 1lc0d al1en
to- our own. When this claim was made
upon the floor of the Senate SOME few
difys aHu the statement was cffalh-nGed
a1d an explanation was demanded. The
exclamation was made through a.
demonstration Of the kind Of Immigrant
that is coming to us from Mexico. BAt
Mexico is In no way affected by the ma
tio1al origins plan of quotas or the
ulan of quotas which is now in erect
Mexico is not uuBn q qllotS basis at all
and people should not be misled. We
know that under the present bHS1E or
quotas. we are winning ilnrNiEr anfy
from countries which have contributed
the finest. the cleaneSt and the most
able of immigrants throughout OUR
history
The time allotted me to discuss this
question is not at all ample to fully set
forth the facts p1rta1ing to this great
controversy, but T would. in conclusion,
poir1t mt tfiiS-tiIat the national orr
gins rdHn would NOT seem to bring US
nearly SO accurate a counter part or
our population as does the present basis
of quotas which are builded upon the
population of foreign burn in America
would point out also that It Is
, hardly fair to draw so strict cOnclu-
sion as many do draw to the effect that
our colonial stock in America was Brit
ish stock President Roosevelt once
wrote that. TT is always we'll to re-
member that at the day WHEN we began.
our career as a nation, we already d1f-
fered from our kinSmem Of Brit9i1 in
blood as we'll as I'M narIe;, Americans
belong to tlIe English race only tn the
sense in which Englishmen belong to
the German race"
I wish with all my heart for the re-
peal of the rational origins clause in
The immigration act because quotas un-
der such a basis are certainly not in
keeping with the best interests Of
America as those interests are involved
u the question Of immigration.
Representative Box declared that the
national origins basis moves forward
with each decade and continues with
each census to be approximately pro-
portionate to the white American pop
ulation. He predicted, in case of the
ICpCdl VA Vic RAVNLSa9kt. 1A1oo oA1E
patriotic organizations Of the country
would launch O drive to reGnce all
quotas as low as oue-ilah OF what Sley
are now.
Following is the text of Representa-
tive Box's speech last night over the
radio forum:
The question whether the national
origins provisions II the immigration
act shall go into effect as now provided
@i,o loTy, <kNYN fV1 iy,r1
essentially the question Of the restric-
ton of immigration, OF the opposite of
that policy.
The sum of the quotas on the ma
tional origins basis Is nearly 10 per
cent less than all the quotas based on
the census of 1890. But that is only n
minor element in the impairment of
the immigration act of 1924 involved
in the proposed suspension or repeal
of the national origins quota provisions.
Friends Of restriction should search
for the record Of the members of Con-
gress who are usually opposed to re-
striction, and check that by their posi-
ton on this question. Such q COM
parison will make 1t plain that pTac-
tically all opponents Of restriction are
now opposing the national origins pro-
visions.
Support and Opposition.
I do not know a single opponent Of
the restriction of immigration, whether
an individual member of Congress, or .
person or group outside Of Congress,
who is now supporting the national
origins provisions.
On the other hand every patriotic
organization, or other group within the
range of my knowledge. which has
worked for restriction, now favors the
national origins quota basis. now give
you the names of some of those oryani-
cations which have actively supported
the restriction Of immigration. Every
one of them insists upon the retention
of the national origins provisions as the
heart of our quota system.
American Legion, American War
Mothers, American Gold Star Mothers,
Commonwealth Club of San Francisco.
Disabled American Veterans of the
World War, Daughters of the Union
Veterans of the Civil War. 1861-1865;
Junior Order United American Me-
chanics, Key Men OF America. Ladies'
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
National Society, Daughters of the
American Revolution, National Society
Daughters Of the Revolution, National
Auxiliary, United Spanish War veter-
ans, National Society, Sons OF the
American Revolution, the National
Womens Relief Corps, New York Chap