NATIONAL ORIGINS PROVISION OF IMMIGRATION LAW 107
Mr. Mowrrz. I have nothing further, unless the gentlemen of the
committee desire to ask questions.
Senator Rerp. I have no further questions to ask Mr. Mowitz.
Mr. Waser. I would like to have just about three minutes of
your time.
"Senator Kryrs. Well, we will hear you. Give your name, resi-
dence, and occupation.
STATEMENT OF ROSCOE C. WALKER, WOODCLIFF, N. J., REPRE-
SENTING THE JUNIOR ORDER OF UNITED AMERICAN MECHAN-
108 OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
Mr. WarLxer. My name is Roscoe C. Walker, Woodcliff, N. J., rep-
resenting the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. of the
State of New Jersey.
Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, the Congressman who spoke earlier
in the day, representing the Junior Order of United American Me-
chanics of the United States—the group that I represent is not a
part of the 400,000 he speaks of, but a separate unit in the State of
New Jersey, affiliated with the units of Pennsylvania, New York,
and Virginia.
The organization I represent is a patriotic organization over 75
years of age. Its object and principles are closely allied to the prin-
ciples of this Government of the United States itself. Since the
inception of my organization, it has always stood for selective and
restricted immigration. Back in the time when the literacy test
was before the Congress, we favored and fought for its adoption.
When the immigration act adopted in 1924 was before Congress, we
acted in the same manner; and at this time I have been instructed to
appear before you, by resolution of my fraternity in opposition to
the Nye resolution, and urge upon you the necessity of putting into
sffect the national-origins provisions of the 1924 act without further
delay.
Tt has been stated here that the national-origins provision is un-
workable. I doubt that we can all agree upon that mere statement,
because, ill My opinion, an idea is an idea and nothing else unless it
has the opportunity to prove itself by being put into practical
nperation.
When the steamboat, Clermont, sailed up the Hudson River, it was
an idea scoffed at by a great many people. We know that by the
idea being put into practical operation it was a success. Can we not,
therefore, Judge possibly that this theory of national origins, in
which my organization has been interested as well as others, be-
sause they believe that it is the only possible solution, because it rep-
resents the population not in 1890, not in 1920, or not at any particu-
lar stage of our history, but the entire population for all time of the
history of our great Nation?
I believe, and so does my organization, that the adoption of the
National-origins provision will prove the settlement of the immi-
gration problem, and will be of great value to the Nation, and I
am sure that is something in which we are all interested.
The organization which I represent has a membership of 79,000 in
the State of New Jersey, all native-born Americans. I respectfully
