(Mr. Kohler also discussed the paper presented by Morris D. Waldman.)
The 1932 executive order issued to consuls abroad to exercise the greatest circumspection in granting visas to foreigners reduced the number of visas issued to about 90 per cent. This order was provoked by the serious growth of unemployment due to the economic depression existing in this country.
However, this ruling has been somewhat liberalized in recent months and the immigration bars have been let down to some extent to afford some relief to German refugees, in accordance with the definite unequivocal policy of the United States to make exception and allowance in the case of persecuted persons.
To open too widely the doors of immigration would be against America’s economic interests so long as we have so many unemployed.
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