The purpose of the bill, At- torney General Nicholas Katzenbach told the subcommittee, was to eliminate the national origins quota system, not to in- crease immigration. The overall quota would be raised only slightly, from 158,000 to 166,000, and the maximum for any one country would be ...
“The assertion is made [writes McNeily] that no other brigade, in that battle, if in any other, has made such a record in two hours of fighting – of assailing four separate positions, engaging regiments of three corps, four divisions, of Ward’s, DeTrobriand’s, Graham’s, Burling...