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that I pursued the inquiry in reference to Mr. Hoover. I wanted to 
get the reactions of this gentleman in that regard. 
Mr. Lroyp. Of course, my attitude on that is a matter of public 
record. We put a large advertisement in the newspaper the other 
day, in which we catalogued the opponents of national origins, and 
the first group was the antirestriction group, who are opposed to 
all restriction, and merely want to knock national origins out as the 
first step; and, second, those various groups specially favored under 
the 1890 basis; and third, sir, the people who had been led to misun- 
derstand the value, character, and purpose of national origins as a 
result of the propaganda eminating from Groups No. 1 and No. 2. 
The CrairkmaN, You understand, do you not, that the matter that 
is before the committee is not a repeal of the national-origins 
provisions? 
Mr. Lroyp. Yes, sir; I do. 
The CHAIRMAN. It 1s a resolution introduced by the Senator from 
North Dakota. 
Mr. Lroyp. I understand. 
The CrairvaN. Directing postponement for a year, as the matter 
has been twice before postponed ? 
Mr. Lroyp. Yes. 
~The CHARMAN, So that the repeal does not enter into the proposi- 
tion at the moment? 
Mr. Lroyp. No, sir; we appreciate that. 
Senator Reep. Without cutting the dog’s tail off entirely, we are 
taking it off by inches; that is the proposition. 
The Cmarrman. Now, wait a minute. I am not going to let that 
pass, if you will permit me, because the other postponements have 
been at the insistence and suggestion of the Senator from Pennsyl- 
vania. Now, do not forget that. Now, he feels that he has, and 
correctly so doubtless, more information on the subject and is ready 
to act. But he did not feel so in the matter of the other postpone- 
ments, and he was the one who was the main mover, or one of the 
movers in conjunction with the rest of us with respect to it. Let us 
make that plain. 
Senator Nye. Mr. Lloyd, you feel that the effort being made is one 
against restricted immigration, do you not? 
Mr. Lroyp. Which do vou mean to say, postponement of national 
origins? 
Senator NYE. To postpone? 
Mr. Lroyp. Yes, sir. 
Senator NYE. However, you do concede that there are those who 
are seeking postponement of the national origins clause who are 
believers in restricted immigration ? 
Mr. Lroyp. Yes, sir. 
Senator Rep. And it is they who you think to be mistaken? 
_ Mr. Lroyp. Yes, sir; they are the victims of misunderstandings. 
This is a question in which there has been a great deal of misrepresen- 
tation for two years or more. 
Senator Reep. Mr. Lloyd, when you said that you thought the 1890 
basis was unfair, you said you thought it was unfair for two reasons, 
and you gave us only one. 
Mr. Lroyn. Oh, ves.