Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-05-24
FOES OF JAPANESE
MAY KILL ANTI
ALIEN LAW IN
CALIFORNIA
Not Strong Enough to Suit
Them; Oriental Exclusion
League and Labor Radicals
Threaten Referendum.
CONSERVATIVE ELEMENT
FAv0Rs THE INITIATIVE

10y Leased Wire 10 fsvening Herald. /
San francisco. May a. fsesoiu-
tons published today by two power
ful San Francisco labor organizations
inaNe certain two things with refer
cnce 20 CALIFORNIA; alien land act.
First that organixed labor viii
seek a substitute measure by invoking
the Initiative. on the ground that the
so-called Webb bill is not strong
enough. Reference TO the Initiative
Will not delay the present act from
going into effect on August 40. SUN
cient signatures 10 cnll for an elec-
tion are easily available without go-
ing outside san Francisco.
second, that another section 0f ar
ganixed labor will seek not only to In
woke the initiative. but will circulate
petitions for a referendum election
which, " called. would prevent the
Webb bin from going into eject until
the election was decided which could
not be until November. 1914
Favoring the application OF the ref
erendum as we'll as the initiative are
the Asiatic Exclusion league, Olaf
Tvietmoe, president. and the san
Francisco Building Trades Council,
which last Thursday night adopted
resolutions approving tho stand of the
Asiatic Exclusion league. Both agree
that the present law is "a defective
piece Of legislation. defeating ita own
purposes" because II permits three
year leases indefinitely Of land In Cali
il0rnia by aliens"
In opposition to this recommenda-
III
with 200 delegates from the building
Trades Council in attendance. unan-
imously adopted last night resolutions
that the initiative he invoked for
substitute law. but that the referen-
dun he not invoked.
This split makes It uncertain what
viii be the fate of referendum pc
tition, Twenty thousand signatures
are needed.
Secretary Yoeil. OF the Exclusion
league said today thp' his OrRaniza-
ton had tii.0OO members and that hu
exnected to get 100000 signatures
without difficulty
II his estimates are correct. the at
utude Of the remainder Of organized
labor cannot influence the result.
there will be referendum election
aud the Webb bill will not be cfccciye
until November. 1914. Hut the fiR-
ures arc disputed by other labor lead
ers. IN the resolution adopted lsst
night by the san Francisco Labor
Council. and introduced Dy Paul
scharronberg, secretary treasurer OF
the state labor council. this explanO-
tiOn for It's being was given:
'''rhe only object 60 be accomplish
cd by such referendum Ii a postpone
nent OF the date when the law viii
go into effect. in the meantime per-
mitting Asiatics TO acquire title TO
land"
This was the argument advanced by
IovernnF Johnson.
I'VE strongly disapproyc." continue
The resolutions. "or any referendum
upon sald anii.alien land law and
urge upon those who desire more
stringent law TO make use Of the in
itlatlve. which at least will give us
the benefit of the present law. defect
i've though q may be- until The time
when perfect law can be enacted Z"
Copies OF these resolutions viii Sc
sent to nineteen other councils
throughoui the state and viii be- pub
lished In fun In thirteen labor jour
mails.