Reports from American consuls assigned to 21 countries whose annual quotas total 148,466 of the total quota of 153,714 indicate that only 10,277 visas were issued during the 5-month period against a possible 74,233 allowable under law
Herbert Hoover: “Reports from American consuls assigned to 21 countries whose annual quotas total 148,466 of the total quota of 153,714…”
On the recordMarch 25, 1931
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White House Statement on Government Policies To Reduce Immigration.
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