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WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMMIGRATION

Mr. Jenkins. For the benefit of new members of the committee,
[ will say that Mr. Husband is Assistant Secretary of Labor in
immediate charge of matters affecting immigration, and he therefore
speaks with authority commensurate with his important office.
Mr. HusBanp. The Johnson bill provides four quota zones, as
Colonel Martin has explained. These zones include (a) Canadaand
Newfoundland, (b) Mexico, (¢) Central and South America, and (d)
the West Indies, as shown in Table 80 of the Report of the Commissioner
 General of Immigration. The bill provides that the quotas
shall not exceed three times the number of United States citizens
who permanently departed for each of these zones in the fiscal year
1929, as shown in Table 80 of the commissioner general’s report for
that year.
According to that table, 16,889 American citizens emigrated to
Canada and Newfoundland in that fiscal year. - Three times that
number is 50,667, which would be the quota of Canada and Newfoundland,
 under the Johnson bill.
Seven hundred and twenty-five United States citizens departed to
Mexico, which would give that country a quota of 2,175.
Five hundred and sixteen United States citizens departed to
Central and South America, which would give those countries a
combined quota of 1,548.
Four hundred and thirty-nine United States citizens went to the
West Indies, which would give that zone a total quota of 1,317.
“West Indies” as used in Table 80 includes Cubs, the British
West Indies, French West Indies, Haiti, and Santo Domingo.
Mr. Jenkins. It includes everything except what the United
States Government owns and has full control of, which are Porto
Rico and the Virgin Islands.
Mr. HussanDp. Yes.
Mr. Box. That creates an overlapping of quota countries in that
area, as mentioned by Colonel Martin.
Mr. HusBanp. It includes all the islands of the West Indies,
except those under the jurisdiction of the United States. Some of
the 1slands are already included under the quotas of Great Britain
and France.
Mr. Jenkins. You concur with Colonel Martin in that you think
the language in these bills ought to be more specific in describing the
West Indies?
Mr. Huspanp. Perhaps not in describing the West Indies, but in
determining whether the proposed legislation would result in a dual
quota system. It is not entirely clear to me whether any of the
islands ‘would be under the quota of a parent country in Europe,
as in the case of Jamaica, which is now subject to the quota of Great
Britain and northern Ireland, and also in the zone described in the
bill. TI did not quite understand what was intended. However,
Mr. Johnson has indicated that he would not remove the islands
belonging to European countries from their present quota status.
(Mr. Johnson, of Washington, resumed the chair.)
The Crairman. The chairman will listen to a motion for authority
to present a resolution or make request of the Joint Committee on
Printing for the publication in these hearings of the maps presented
Mr. Care. I move that the request be made.
The CrarrmaN. Is there anv obiection? The Chair hears none.
Tt is so ordered