President Hoover stated in his Acceptance Address:
"We have enacted restrictions upon immigration for the protection of labor from the inflow of workers faster than we can control them without breaking down our wage levels.
"No man will say that any immigration law is perfect. We welcome our new immigrant citizens and their great contribution to our nation; we seek only to protect them equally with those already here. We shall amend the immigration laws to relieve unnecessary hardships upon families. As a member of the commission whose duty it is to determine the quota basis under the national origins law I have found it is impossible to do so accurately and without hardship. The basis now in effect carries out the essential principle of the law and I favor repeal of that part of the act calling for a new basis of quotas."
President Hoover stated when he proclaimed the "National Origins" Provision:
"The Attorney General has advised me that in failure of Congress to suspend action it is mandatory upon me under the immigration act to issue the proclamation establishing 'national origins' as the basis of immigration quotas. The proclamation must be issued prior to April 1 and will be issued at once. It will go into effect July 1 unless action is taken by Congress in the meantime. While I am strongly in favor of restricted and selected Immigration I have opposed the national origins basis. I therefore naturally dislike the duty of issuing the proclamation and installing the new basis, but the President of the United States must be the first to obey the law."