(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
The House Immigration Committee voted on Wednesday to report the Jenkins bill embodying the points tentatively decided upon at the Committees last meeting.
Congressman Sabath of Chicago reserved the privilege of submitting to the Committee a plan whereby the quotas of countries which remain unfilled at the end of each year be allotted to unite separated families and alternate other cases of extreme hardship. It is understood Congressman Sabath will press this proposal.
The Jenkins bill would reserve 50 per cent of the quota allotments for the fiscal year of 1929 and 1930 for admission of wives, children and relatives of foreign-born citizens and declarants for citizenship.
The measure, which has the support of various religious, welfare and civic organizations, provides that if the full amount of the 50 per cent allotment is not used in either year the remainder shall be exhausted in the regular quota manner.
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