Suspension of immigration to the United States for a period of ten years was advocated today by Omar Ketchum, legislative representative of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, over a nationwide broadcast during a discussion on the question “Should We Further Restrict Immigration” arranged by the American Form of the Air. He emphasized that he spoke “for some two million veterans.”
Siding with him was Representative Ed Gosset of Texas who said that “not only should we temporarily reduce or suspand quotas, but we should have better enforcement of the immigration laws to prevent multiplied thousands of illegal entries.”
The liberalization of the immigration laws was urged by Earl G. Harrison, dean of the University of Pennaylvania Law School and former U.S. Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization. He pointed out that “our existing laws permit the barest trickle of immigration in comparison with the size of our country and our population.” Any proposal to restrict immigration further at this point stems only from a lack of confidence in American and her futhure, he said. The admission of more immigrants was also urged by Representative E?uel Caller of New York.
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