“Have we dealt fairly with the Jew, with the Italian, with the Greek, with the Hungarian, with the Pole?” A Mormon Senator’s Wisdom, Circa 1924

A Mormon, Sen. William King (D. Utah), opposing a racist immigration bill in 1924, said this: “Have we dealt properly and fairly with the young Japanese boy and girl born in America? Have we dealt fairly with the Jew, with the Italian, with the Greek, with the Hungarian, with the Pole, with these young boys, and girls who were born here and with those who have come here? Have we held out a welcoming hand with a view to assimilating them, or haven't we too often pushed them out, ostracized them, put them into the ghetto and forced them to assume a feeling of affection and loyalty to their fatherland that they did not want to assume?”
His view did not prevail.