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falling real-estate values, extra tax burdens, a school problem, increased e¢harities,
 &amp; need for more penal institutions, lower wages, the rapid elimination of the
white laborer, and the deterioration of the American standard of living.
One thing more should be added. This analysis of existing conditions has
been made possible in part at least from data and general information given me
by hundreds of prominent and reliable American citizens who have.plead: that I
lo not use their names in view of the fact that they would be persecuted and
ruined financially by the interests which are profiting from the exploitation of
these immigrants. It is but another proof of the financial strength of the opposiion
 and of the necessity of immediate and drastic action.
In an address in New York City on November 9, 1929, Congressman Albert
Johnson said concerning Latin American immigration that the time has come
again when it is ‘“necessary for Congress to save California for Californians.”
He might have added ““and the entire Southwest for Americans.’