Notes that the presence of new immigrants will add emphasis to the tensions between two historic American traditions; the myth of open reception and equal opportunity for all peoples and the reality of the difficulties of acceptance and inequality of opportunities. (Author/AM)

Suggests that key question is not whether quotas are right or wrong but at what level particular quotas should be set, what the rate of change to achieve a particular goal should be, when to increase or eliminate them, and the establishment of procedures and personnel used for executing them. (Author/AM)

Suggests that proportionality is the natural and logical outcome of a merit society in which race and ethnicity are irrelevant for eligibility, allocation of position, and distribution of rewards. (Author/AM)