IMMIGRATION: To Conference

The Senate of the U, S. looked upon the immigration bill passed by the House and then proceeded to write and pass its own bill, which differed from the House bill only by as much as Nature herself requires that one pea shall differ from another.

The House cut annual immigration down to 161,000 (2% on 1890 census of aliens in the U. S.).

The Senate did likewise, but added that after July 1, 1927, this quota should be further cut to a round flat 150,000.

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