A radical change in Australia’s migration policy was advocated today by T. Williams, labor member of the Federal Parliament. Williams urged the expenditure of approximately $4,000,000,000 to bring a million people to Australia.
“I cannot understand why the Jews were rebuffed in their proposal to people the Kimberly country,” Williams said. “I’d like to see those negotiations reopened because as long as we get healthy white people it doesn’t matter to which race they belong.
“The supply from Britain will be limited,” he warned. “We shall be forced to look for extra people from southern Europe.” He named Italy, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavakia, Rumania, Bulgaria, Greece, and Poland as potential sources of immigrants.
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