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It is Expected That New Proposed Measures Will Be Voted On by Califor- mia Senate Some Time This Week
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Amendment Will Provide No Alien Ineligible to Citizenship May Hold Any Land flor Greater Period Than Year
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SACRAMENTO, April 21. - TWO new bills dealing with the question of land ownership by aliens of Cal ifornia, each representing the views Of considerable of the factions of the legislature, will be offered and voted on in the senate this week.
 Through an agreement reached by ihc leaders of the majority, drastic law directed solely against the Jap anese and Chinese will be proposed as a substitute for the Thompson Birdsall measure and put in it's place two simple prohibitions:
 l. No alien who is ineligible to citizenship will be permitted to ac- quire and hold land in California be- yond a period of one year after the date of such acquisition.
 ?. No corporation, the majority of the stock of which is held by aliens who are ineligible to citizenship will be permitted to acquire or hold land except for one wear
 Agreed to this procedure are Sen ator A. F.. Boynton, president pro tenn and floor leader of the upper house; Senator Lee c. Gates. chair man of the judiciary committee; Senator N. w. Thompson, chairman Of the committee on revenue and taxation. and others It will be op- posed by several democrats, led by Senators Caminetti and Shanahan- who expressed themselves on the floor Of the senate as standing eligible to citizenship in describing ,at
 This usage is seriously condemned by President Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan in telegram re- ceived by Governor Johnson last week. and the bill which Caminett or his democratic colleagues will in- troduce will confine the restriction to aliens who have not declared their intention to become citizens ac- cording to law
 Tn effect, the progressive repub- iicans are now proposing substantial ly the original democratic bill, whilC the. democrats are tending toward the original administration bill.
 Governor Johnson issued his first statement tonight on the pending alien land legislation. After saying the nation, as well as the single states, passed such laws without causing an Outcry. and naming Ari- zona, Washington, Illinois and others he said: -
 We of California ask therefore Why should California be singled out for an attack when it is exercising the same right exercised by so many states and by the United States it. self?"
 Despite determined fight led by Assemblyman Fish, of Pasadena, As semblyman Guiberson's bill provid ing for new standards of milk pro- duction, and dairy regulation Wa: passed with but one dissenting vote
 Development Unexpected
 WASHINGTON, April 21-News O the determination of the Legislative leaders in Sacramento to frame an' pass an alien land owning bill di rectly discriminating against tn Japanese was unofficially conveye' today to the White House and stat department, and was received witt grave concern and disappointment.
 Such a development had not beel expected in view of the first favor able comments from California ol the presidents suggestion that re gard be had for the preservation Q friendly relations between this coun try and the Oriental nations.
 Without exact knowledge as t the form the discrimination will talk in the new bill. the officials her assume it will resemble the so- calle assembly measure which proposed t bar from land holding all person ineligible to citizenship which cover only Chinese and Japanese
 The administration is not yet a the end of its resources and wi continue it's efforts to ameliorate tn harsh features of the projected legis lation until the measure is beyon reach Of amendment in that direc ton.
 While the president has in hi message to Governor Johnson trans mitted through Secretary Bryan tn recognized right of the people [ California to legislate according t their judgment on the subject ( land tenure, it is also under tn obligation of guarding against en croachment by state legislation upo that part of the field of interna tional relations reserved by the cor stitution to the national governmen
 Therefore in the event the Cal fornia legislation takes the form of
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