The executive council of the American Federation of Labor, in its annual report addressed to the A.F.L. convention meeting here, today stressed the need to maintain “present restrictive measures” on immigration.
“When more shipping facilities are available, there will no doubt be large numbers of immigrants desiring to enter this country,” the report reads. “The executive council recommends that any lowering of the immigration bars be opposed and the present restrictive measures maintained.”
The report, while declaring that the A.F.L. favors “sound, constructive and practical fair employment legislation,” opposes the present proposed FEPC bills on the ground that they provide for compulsory governmental regulation.
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