National origins provision of immigration law

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Identifikator:: 1796380105

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-196168

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: National origins provision of immigration law

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Gov. Pr. Off.

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: III, 171 S

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Statement of Edward R. lewis, chairman executive committee, Immigration Restriction Legislation, Chicago, Ill.

Collection:: Economics Books

NATIONAL ORIGINS PROVISION OF IMMIGRATION LAW 85 Myr. Lewis. No, sir; I am not aware of that fact. Senator Corrraxp. Is that disputed in the committee? The Cuarrman. I do not know. Senator Reep. I do not remember the exact figures, it is approxi- mately that. Mr. Lewis. It is 65,894 for England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, and the quota for Germany is 23,000 and something. Senator CopeLanp. Anyhow, so far as continental Nordic races are concerned, a Swede would have two-fifths of a chance of coming to the United States that an Englishman had. Senator Reep. That is comparing the quotas to the total present population. Senator CoPeLaND. And a Norwegian would have two-thirds of a chance to come an IEnglishman has; a German would have one-fourth of the chance. Of course, when we come to Italy and southern Europe, an Italian would have one-tenth to come that an Englishman has. Senator Rexp. An Irishman would have five times as much chance as an Englishman, if you want to carry it on. Senator Coperanp. Since the Irish fought (in) the Revolution, { suppose they should be entitled to a very large proportion. (Laughter. ] Mr. Lewis. Now, sir, I have thought many times, I have given nearty, sincere study to the question of arriving at these quotas. Your question would seem to imply, sir, that you would base it on a comparison of the European countries, and on that basis Asiatic China would get most of this. Of course, China is excluded territory. Senator CopeLanp. You may make any conclusions you like. Of course, you are presenting your own conclusions, not mine. Senator King. You are making an attack in view of your last state- ment, on methods. Mr. Lewis. No, sir; I am not. Senator King, Why did you mention as a parallel case China? Mr. Lewis. I can not base it on the population of foreign countries; Russia has a tremendous population. We would not let Russia get seven or elght times what other countries get. Senator CoperLanp. You are afraid a statement of these figures 1 have given may cause some criticism of the national-origins plan? Mr. Lewis. No, sir; I am not. Senator CoPeLAND. And therefore you seek to beat them down by saying we should bring in ten or fifteen times as many Chinamen as we do Englishmen. Mr. Lewis. I think there are about four methods I can think of for basing quotas. One is on the size of the population of the foreign countries, which it seems to me is simply a grab bag; there is no sense or reason 1b it. no basis in our countrv for it. You take [ndia—— Senator CoreLaxp. Would not a better plan be to take a man who was worthy of our citizenshiv. regardless of the country from which he came? Mr. Lewis. I think it leads into insolvable difficulty, if you are zoing to base it on worth. Sopgior Corperaxm It would be quite desirable to have it on worth 2

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