WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMMIGRATION

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1930

House oF REPRESENTATIVES,
COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION,
Washington, D. C.
The committee met in the committee room, No. 483, House Office
Building, at 10 o'clock a. m., Hon. Albert Johnson (chairman),
oresiding.
The CuairMaN. The committee will be in order. The clerk will
note the names of the members as they come in.
We will hear Mr. R. M. Bradley, of Boston, first this morning.
Proceed, Mr. Bradley.

STATEMENT OF RICHARDS M. BRADLEY, BOSTON, MASS,

Mr. Brapiey. I am trustee and manager of real estate in various
parts of the country. I have had charge for the last 30 years of a
trust which has brought me in contact with a great many working
American women for whose benefit this trust was left, and I have
therefore had my attention directed to the effects of unlimited immigration
 upon the lives and well-being of the ordinary American working
 men and women.
I do not propose at’ the present time to advocate to you any
specific form of the legislation which is contemplated, because 1
believe that the primary function of your committee is to collect
facts from various sources (many of which facts I can not personally
know about), and to adjust them to the situation. I have entire
confidence in your ability and patriotism in meeting this question,
and I feel I could be of more help by bringing certain economic facts
to your attention.
With this idea, I prepared a statement in collaboration with Prof.
Thomas Nixon Carver, of Harvard University, a deep student of
this problem and a very sound and well-known economic authority.
In order that it may get to you in the exact form in which Professor
Carver approved it, I will read the statement, giving the facts that
we want brought to your attention. ;
The CHAIRMAN. Your position in the particular work you mentioned
 has, of course, caused you to be watchful of the welfare of the
average American citizen? }
Mr. BraprLey The average American working citizen—men and
women. This trust brings me in contact with the living problems
and difficulties of many men and women for there is alwavs a family
problem involved.
The CHAIRMAN. You mean to be a little broader than that—you
mean all the people domiciled in the United States? ~~
Mr. BrapLey. Yes, sir; Americans, whatever their origin may be,
who have the problem of supporting themselves by their labor.
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