The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-12-17
EXCL US|0N BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
One-Year Ban on Alien Goes to
the Senate.
REPEALS THE WARTIME LAW
Vote on Adoption of the voIstead Res
oIution Is Unanimous, 323 Men,
bers Registering Approval
Start Work on Tax Laws.


Washington, Dec. 14-The Johnson
immigration bill, as amended to pro-
hibit' all immigration for period Of
one year, was passed by the house.
The vote was 293 for the bill and
al against. Six members voted ''pres-
ent."
1t now goes to the senate, where it's
defeat is predicted by senate leaders.
The Siegel amendment, exempting
brothers and sisters of aliens who
have become American citizens was
approved, 203 to rs.
Immediately after the vote was an
H0unced Chairman johnson of the i'm
migration committee issued a state
ment saying that the /, 250 immigrants
who arrived at New York Saturday in
the White Star liner Adriatic had been
sent to Hoffman island because of an
outbreak of typhus among them, and
that at Gloucester. N. j., IL aliens had
been taken from the steamship Hav-
erfOrd and sent to the detention sta
ton suffering with typhus.
"MaIady No. 9" Coming.
"The French senate" said Mr.. John
son, lis considering closing the doors
of that republic to immigrants, owing
to the spreading of a mysterious dis
ease known as malady No. 8, and with
which tens Of thousands of Polish and
Russian refugees in Paris have suf-
fered the last year. French police say
that thousands of these immigrants
are crossing the French borders daily,
intending to go to America despite
that fact that they have not obtained
American vises to their passports.
while we are splitting hairs over
the method of suspension, the Com
munist party of America has flooded
the country with the most vicious cir
cular it has yet put out. It calls for
straightout revolution"
Repeal of most of the wartime
laws was voted by the house, which
adopted the Volstead resolution for
that purpose after two hours of de-
bate.
The vote on adoption of the reSolu-
ton was unanimous, 1913 votes being
recorded as favOring it, with none OPP
posed. The house, before taking the
final vote, accepted an amendment
providing for inclusion of the Lever
food control act among the laws which
the resolution would repeal.
An embargo for one year against
the importation of wheat, wheat flour,
barley, rye, oats, flax, wool, hogs, cat
tle and sheep is proposed in a bill
introduced by Representative Young
(Rep.) of North Dakota
He also introduced bill establish
ing a permanent schedule of import
duties upon these items after the one
year embargo.
Start Work on Tax Laws.
Initial steps in the framing of new
revenue legislation by congress were
taken with the opening of hearings
before the house ways and means COM
mittee on tax questions and the ma
tiOn's revenue needs.
DR.. Thomas S. Adams, tax expert
and economist of the Treasury depart
ment, told the committee that the first
problem for it to decide was whether
the level of taxes should be retained
at $4,0O0,OOO,OO0 annually He ex-
pressed the belief that no reduction
could or should be considered
Before Doctor Adams began his tes-
timOny, Chairman FOrdney and Rep
resentative Garner (Dem), Texas, had
a lively tilt when the Texas member
demanded that a statement be includ-
ed in the record. showing the exact
purpose of the hearings
Mr.. Fordney finally announced that
the committee proposed to gather in
formation on which to base contem-
plated revision of tax laws He said
he planned to continue the hearings I'd
December % and then adjourn to Jan
uary when tariff questions would be
taken up.
Mr.. Garner objected to this plan on
the ground that the terms of office
of five of the Democratic members of
the committee would expire on March
/. He said it was unfair to place tax
questions before the new members
who had had no opportunity to cross
examine witnesses.