The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-17
President Is Determined
That Provision Shall
Not Become Law.
TELLS CALLERS
OF INTENTION
Trainers of immigration Bill Are
Equally Determined That I'm
migrants Who Cannot Read
Shall Be Barred From
These Shores-Italy
Registers Protest.

ashington. February 10 President
Wilson VIII veto the Burnett irnmigra-
ton bin If it comes to him for sigma :
contained In It,
rms became known from an authori-
tatve quarter tonight, after Chair
man Smith, Of the Senate Immigration
committee. had announced that the bill
virtually as T. passed the House. in
.iuolhs tho literacy test, soon would
DC itvorably reported 10 tho Senate
PROSPECTS arc that the bin will pass
the senate as reported from the com
mittec, but the measure never will
oecolne law. according to close friends
OF the President. The President does
not consider literacy test Of char
acter. and believes some other means
should be devised TO prevent unde-
sirable aliens from entering the United
states. He told callers to-day that he
had given his view to the members of
the Senate committee, and hfsi left
IT to them to make II public or not, az
they chose.
Not In Accord With Wilson.
IL became known tonight also that
usgesuons with reference TO Chinese
anu japanese Immigration made to the
House Committee on Immigration on
Friday. By Commissioner General Cam
inetti, of the immigration Bureau, are
not in accord with the Iews of the
President. MIR camnettis views were
expressed without previous knowledge
by the White House. The Burnett
bill contains no Aslatic exclusion pro-
visions, the House having voted down
all amendments In that direction
Senator Smith, OF South Carolina.
chairman OF the Senate Committee on
Immigration, conferred with Secretary
Bryan to-day on administrative fca-
lures OF the pending Immigration
measure.
The Italian ambassador. in frequent
calls al the state Department. has
voiced the objection OF his government
To the feature OF the bin which pro-
vidcs for medical inspection aboard
ship OF immigrants. and 1t is under
stood that provision to-day was dis
cussed with a possible view 10 its
elimination.
That Immigrant Legislation. with pro-
vision for the literacy test for aliens.
absolutely will be enacted before the
close Of the present session of Congress s
despite considerable opposition TO en-
actment to such reform pending ad ;
iustment Of foreign relations and on
the eve of a congressional campaign.
became apparent to-day, when Senator
smith. chairman OF the Senate immi-
grafton Committee, announced the de-
termination OF the committee to report
to the Senate the Burnett bill az il
passed the House. with some modl-
fications. by tho last of this or the
first OF next week. He made known
tne decision of the committee not to
eliminate from the measure the liter
acy test, which would bar from entry
all aliens over sixteen years OF age
who cannot read the English language
or some other language or dialect. in
cluding Hebrew or Yiddish
Asiatic exclusion much agitated in
the House. VIII not be considered by
the comm ssion
VIII Remain in Bill.
Several members OF the committee
said to-day that the lteracy test would
remain In the bill. with the possibility
OF slight modification OF that part
of il which would exempt from its ap-
nlication aliens to the satisfacti OF
the proper authorities that they emf
grated from a foreign country solely
for tho purpose of escaping religious
persecution.
The committee plans to amend the
House bill by providing for in increase
I'm the number and efficiency of the
medical inspection force. as suggested
by Commissioner General Camnetti.
They believe that by Strengthening
the Gordon around the boundaries OF
the United States, all the interests of
the country can he greatly safeguard :
ed against undesirable immigration,
and that foreign nations can find in
such legislation no cause for COM
plant.
Means More Complications