Davis' Report

James John Davis, Secretary of Labor (and hence executive head of im- migration activities) presented in absentia his report to the President. He proposed three major changes in our immigration laws:

1) That immigration from Canada, Mexico, Central and South America should be placed under quota restrictions such as now apply to immigration from the rest of the world. At the present time, we have placed no immigration restrictions on our colleagues of the Western Hemisphere. As a result, a flood of immigration pours in over northern and southern borders. With quotas it is hoped to cut down the legal as well as the illegal inflow.

2) That the President be empowered to provide for temporary increases and decreases in immigration quotas to conform to periods of labor shortage and unemployment in this country.

3) That naturalization laws be amended to provide for an annual en- rollment of resident aliens. This would help to prevent undetected immigrants from coming in by illicit means. Coupled with it would be a plan for educating aliens in U. S. "customs, language, ideals, institutions."