74 NATIONAL ORIGINS PROVISION oF IMMIGRATION LAW 
of February, 1929, hereby indorses the bill introduced by Congressman Alber 
Johnsen in the House of Revresentatives, H. R. 16392, defining unnaturalizes 
inhabitants of the Philippine Islands as aliens subject to the restrictions of 
the Immigration acts of 1917 and 1924, 
SApYE E. LINKLETTER, President 
Enwarp L. Maver, Sr, 
IV. Resolved, That the Hudson County branch, of New Jersey, of the Immi- 
gration Restriction League (Inc.), at a regular meeting held on the 4th day 
of February, 1929. urges upon Congress the importance of enacting at the 
bresent session legislation placing the immigration from Mexico under the 
quota restriction 
Epwarp I. Maver, Sr, 
The Cramemax. T have just received from Senator Nye the follow. 
ing note [reading] : 
Dear Senator Jonson: Sorry this cold on my lungs will not let me be 
present at hearing to-morrow (Saturday) morning. 
I have written Senator Shinstead to be present to speak in behalf of the 
cesolution. 
Please offer the inclosed editorial for the record. 
Sincerely yours, 
SADYE BE. LINKLETTER, President 
GERALD P. NyE. 
And then, Mr. Reporter, will you insert this, the editorials referred 
to from the Public Ledger, Philadelphia, Friday, February 8, 19297 
(The editorial referred to it as follows) 
LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE 
The question of continuing the present immigration quota system or per- 
mitting the * national-origing plan, already authorized, to go into effect is 
again before Congress. Its postponement for another year is proposed in g 
resolution introduced by Senator Nye. Unless this resolution is adopted, the 
national-origing scheme will become operative on July 1. In his address 
accepting the presidential nomination Mr. Hoover suid : 
“As a member of the commission whose duty it is to determine the quota 
basis under the national origins law, I have found it impossible to do so aceu- 
cately and without hardship. The basis now in effect carries out the essential 
princinle of the law, and I favor repeal of that part of the act calling for a 
new basis of quotas.” 
This expert opinion of the difficulty in determining bresent national origins 
of the population tracing hack as far as 1790 is shared by many others who 
have given thoughtful attention to the subject. Tqualiy important is the ques- 
tion of the justice and desirability of applying this method of restricting immi- 
gration even if based in ascertainable facts. As Mr. Hoover savs, the present 
iaw has worked well on the whole. There ure respects in which it is suscepti- 
ble of improvement, and measures are being taken to this end. It seems wise, 
at least, to defer the alternative proposal for another year. At its best. it 
would be an experiment of extremely doubtful value, 
Mr. Lioyp. Mr. Chairman, if you are ready to proceed? 
The Cuarrman. Yes. Let me ask you first: Something was said 
as we adjourned last time concerning the presence to-day of a gentle. 
mi co i 1 
man from Chicago, Mr. Lewis, I think it was, 
Mr. Lroyp. Yes, sir. } 
The Crarvan. He was the author of a very interesting work. 
Mr. Lroyp. Yes, sir. 
The Cuamrman. Did he come? 
Mr. Lroyo. Yes, sir; he did. He is here, and I would like to call 
first on the representative of the American Legion. and then have 
Mr. Lewis. 
The Cuairman, Very well.