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Then business is opposed to the restriction of immigration into the
United States from this hemisphere?
Mr. FirzraTricK. Business generally, as represented through the
chamber.
The CuammaN. You have had no referendum of the various
chambers on this point, though?
Mr. Firzeatrick. No.
The Cuairman. And you sat here in Washington and decided it
was not a good thing to do—to restrict immigration to the United
States from this hemisphere?
Mr. Fitzpatrick. No. There are two ways the chambers goes
on record, namely, by referendum and by resolution. In both cases
the member organizatons vote on the referendum or they vote at the
annual meeting and express an opinion. The immigration committee
of the chamber does not make the policy of the chamber.
The CramrmaN. Did not the Chamber of Commerce of the United
States send a resolution here opposing the Box bill?
Mr. Firzratrick. The only position the Chamber of Commerce of
the United States has on the question of Mexican immigration is
the one I have stated, namely, ‘“We think it inappropriate to extend
the principle of the quota to Mexico.” As Mr. Bent, Mr. Brewer
and Doctor Peterson pointed out here, it is a fact that the agricultural
industry and other economic interests of the southwest have used
Mexican labor to a large extent in their development. They are using
it to-day, and are dependent upon it to a very large extent.
The Cuairman. Now, does the chamber an the introduction of
Mexican labor into Pittsburgh, and into the other industrial districts?
Mr. Firzeatrick. Well, the chamber does not favor the introduc
tion of Mexican labor into Pittsburgh. I mean we do not say
whether it would be a very good thing for Mexican labor to go into
Pittsburgh. No reason why we should. )
Nor, do we say it is a very bad thing for Mexican labor to go into
Pittsburgh. I mean to say, we simply have no position on that.
The CHAIRMAN. I see.
Mr. Fitzpatrick. In other words, we have an economic activity
in the Southwest. If the quota law is extended so as to result in the
exclusion of Mexicans, the way it would work out there, without any
time for readjustments, is that there would be a serious loss and
aconomic disturbance.
The CuairMaN. In other words, the pocketbook nerve would be
affected. }
Mr. Frrzpatrick. Exactly. There is an economic interest there
that we are defending, and that is our job. That is the job of the
chambers of commerce and the United States Chamber of Commerce,
 to follow it out, and state to Congress its position with reference
to these economic questions, and——
Mr. Ruraerrorp. May 1 ask a question?
The CaarrMaN. Yes. .
Mr. RuraErrorp. What method have you used to ascertain the
sentiment of your constituent bodies on Mexican immigration to
New England, for instance? }
Mr. Fitzpatrick. Well, we have members of the national chambers
of commerce, all over the Union, and we have many chambers of
commerce in New England which are member of the National
Chamber.