(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
Hearings were resumed yesterday by the House Immigration Committee on the national origin plan of the Immigration Act. Instead of further consideration with a view to action upon the amendment of the immigration law, the Committee heard Dr. Hill of the Census Bureau, a member of the departmental committee which compiled the national origin plan quotas. Captain John B. Trevor also testified regarding these quotas.
Dr. Hill told how the quota figures were arrived at. Captain Trevor will resume his testimony this morning. It is not known how long the committee action will be delayed pending these further hearings.
President Coolidge has considered the report on the national origin method of determining immigration submitted by the Secretaries of State. Labor and Commerce and if it is necessary he will endeavor to carry out the provisions of the present law which set aside the quota systems, an Associated Press despatch from Washington states.
The President understands, however that the difficulties raised by the national origin method, which the three Secretaries discussed in their report, will be entirely eliminated if legislation pending in Congress is enacted. But the law as it stands will be enforced, it is said at the White House, if Congress desires to make no change.
The report laid down the basis for determining what is the national origin of the present population of the United States. At the same time it declared that the figures as to national origin were very uncertain because of a lack of statistical and historical data, the despatch states.
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