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drink that forced undesired prohibition upon this land—in its own self-defense——
the same. Who produce the vile theatrieal performances that corrupt the spee~
tators—the same. Who- smuggle strong drink to-day and corrupt the public
service—the same. Who smuggle licentious books which corrupt the readers—
the same. Who keep the brothels—the same. It is always ‘‘the samc” in
answer to every question seeking light on the sources of that corruption which
will destroy this Republic and at no distant date.
Again, who are they who riot in the streets of our cities demanding the overthrow
 of our form of government and the substitution of communism? The
answer is still—the same. Bear in mind that when one speaks of unfit aliens in
the mass, who is it that is intended? What is meant is, those peoples racially
anfit for ordered liberty. Descendant ’s of tribes who for 20,000 years have never
successfully governed themselves. Thereby their present descendants are unfit
for our system of life. Or to express it in another form members of those races
who are tempermentally unfitted for a representative form of government. They
may or they may not excel in other directions—art, industry, science, acuteness, or
what you will—but fundamentally they are unfit to either exercise or to main-~
tain a stable form of government or to live understandingly and acquiescently
under a representative form of government.
We can fool ourselves if we choose with some specious falsity or another foisted
upon us by the corruptionists, that they may enjoy license for further corruption,
but at least let us recognize that we are being fooled. Does anyone pause to
consider that there are to-day less than 7 acres of arable land in the United
States per inhabitant, and that we are adding half a million more of the unfit
aliens each year to the population while the 30,000,000 unfit already among us
are breeding like rabbits. = Allowing for a natural annual increase of 1 per cent
in the population; and I am told that the actual figure is in excess thereof; and
we shall have a population in continental United States of 280.000.000 in 100
years, with 3 acres of arable land apiece.
Is it conceivable that republican institutions will continue under those cireumstances?
 Already it has been openly said by a high official in the Department
of State that republican institutions have broken down and that government
by commissions must be introduced to supplement constitutional methods.
Does anyone stop to consider that 10 years of our annual expenditure in controlling
 and caring for the unfit aliens and their unfit descendents would pay
our entire national debt? Why not call before your committee those versed in
these matters and place on record the facts in contradistinction to the sentimental
pleas with which your ears are so often assailed. Sentiment must give wavy to
the welfare of the land.
With respect to immigration legislation I respectfully call to your attention
that for every reason looking t5 a preservation of our country and its institutions
there should, in addition to all quota systems, be insistence upon due qualifieation.
 Not literary tests but searching inquiry into fitness thet the human stock
here may improve rather than deteriorate. ‘Many “literates’’ are utterly unfit
for our citizenship. Many so-called ‘‘illiterates’ are most worthv citizens.
Yours respectfully,
CuarrLEs S. Davison,
Hon. Arent JOHNSON, oo
Chairman Commillee on Immigration and Naturalization, .
The Cramman. I desire to place in the proceedings the letter, with
telegram addressed to him, of Hon. Claude B. Hudspeth, of Texas.
{The matter referred to is here printed in full as follows:)
WasHINGgTON. D. C.. January 28. 1930.

Hon. ALBERT JORNSON, . .
Chairman Committee on Immigration,
House of Representatives.
My Dear CorLvague: As you and the remaining members. of the committee
are aware, I have heretofore appeared before the committee when hearings
ave been held on the question of amending the immigration act by making the
juots provisions thereof applicable to Mexico, and other countries of the Western
Hemisphere. Illness at this time prevents my personal appearance at these
hearings. I have filed a number of telegrams recently received from farmers’
and livestock organizations of my district appealing for a provision in any bill
which may be reported by the committee for the admission of seasonal labor from
Mexico. “Without such labor farmers, livestock raisers. and other industries
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