PROPOSAL TO CUT IMMIGRATION TO MINIMUM TO BE INTRODUCED IN DECEMBER
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On September 23, 1922, Chairman Albert Johnson* of the Immigration Committee of the United States House of Representatives advocated the "tightening of the immigration restriction act to the extent of almost complete suspension."
While "the country seems to want complete suspension of immigration," the Chairman says "we should leave an opening for the admission of immediate relatives."
A measure will be introduced in December which, if enacted, would reduce from two to one-half percent of admissibles from countries entitled to large quotas.
There will also be a provision to admit families as units which would eliminate 90% of "distress cases at...principal ports."
*Albert Johnson (1869-1957) was born in Springfield, Illinois & served in the Chemical Warfare Service during WWI. AJ was a news editor & publisher before serving in the U.S. House of Representatives 1913-1933. He attempted to limit Japanese immigration to the U.S.
JFK+50 NOTE
Senator John F. Kennedy wrote "A Nation of Immigrants" in 1958 & put it into book form in 1963, published after his death (1964). Matt Porter says it "confronts discrimination and waves of nativism and bigotry new immigrants faced." President Kennedy opposed the national origins quota system and advocated an"update" in national immigration laws.
SOURCES
"JFK and A Nation of Immigrants," JFK35 Podcast, narrated by Matt Porter, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, www.jfklibrary.org/
"Plans to Cut Alien Influx To Minimum," The New York Tribune, September 24, 1922, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
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