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on the Constitution. It really is corroborative evidence. If I may
introduce those statistics I think it may be interesting to the committee.

Spat Regp. I do not understand what the statistics bear upon
at all.
Mr. Trevor. This is a genealogical research into the ancestry of
the men delegated by the various Colonies to the Constitutional
Convention of 1787. It covers a vast amount of ancestry in the
colonial period, and merely demonstrates a sort of corroborative
evidence as to what those people, who were selected without any
regard to racial affiliation, happened to make a picture of our colonial
 population. They represented——
Senator ReEp. If that can be briefly stated, I would like to have

it.
Mr. Trevor. A very slight revision, I think, will be made: English
69.94 per cent; Scotch 7.37 per cent; Welsh 2.30 per cent; Scotch-Irish
 10 per cent; the total of the British contribution of ancestry
89.61 per cent; and the South-Irish 8.08 per cent; the Dutch 5.09
per cent; French-Huguenot 1.45 per cent, and Swedish 0.77 per
cent.
These men were selected without regard to anything more than
that they were representative of the community in which they lived,
and they took an important part in writing our fundamental law.
It is of interest comparatively and not specifically.
I do not suppose you gentlemen care to have me go into the general
 nature of the organizations that are opposed to this propesition
or who are rather attacking the Nye resolution. They will probably
appear here themselves. If at any time a comparison between those
organizations and the patriotic organizations are necessary, I imagine
the Senator from Pennsylvania could supply that data. I have a
lot of names here which would take up your time possibly to read,
Mr. Chairman.
Senator Reep. I think, Mr. Chairman, it would be of advantage
if we could have something on the other side of this matter, if
Senator Nye’s witnesses are here.
Mr. Trevor. I will omit that. :
The Caatrman. Temporarily, I think, you may omit it, and then,
in addition to that, I do not think the comparisons would be particularly
 interesting to the committee.
Mr. Trevor. It does not seem to me so.
The Cruairmaxn. All right, then, omit them.
Senator Rrep. What we are concerned with is the merits of the
proposition itself and not the details of the people who are urging it.
Myr. Trevor. It seems to me so. It is a little difficult for me to
tell whether I have covered all the ground; it is a tremendous field.
The Cramyan. I think you have done admirably, Captain, and if
you desire hereafter to present any matters in addition, that opportunity
 unquestionably will be afforded. I am advised by Senator
Nye that one of the people interested on the other side of the controversy
 is here, and we will call him.
Mr. Trevor. I want to express my appreciation, Senator, of the
great courtesy that has been extended to me.
The Crratemax. You owe me nothing in that regard, sir.