REP. JOHNSON ADDRESSES D.A.R. ON IMMIGRATION ACT
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On April 18, 1924, Representative Albert Johnson, chairman of the House immigration committee, spoke to the Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution* in Memorial Continental Hal here in the Nation's Capital.
The congressman described the Immigration Act of 1924, which has been passed by both houses of Congress, as "America's second Declaration of Independence."
The DAR is considering endorsement of this legislation and invited Mr. Johnson to give his views on the bill. Mr. Johnson said that the law...
"ends forever the idea that (the United States) is the asylum of the oppressed of the world."
*Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women directly descended from a person involved in supporting the American Revolution. The DAR has 190,000 members & its motto is "God, Home & Country!"
SOURCE
"D.A.R. Cheers Alien Restriction Defense," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., April 18, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
