Omaha daily bee., 1921-04-23
.Anti-Alien
Bill Passed
By.Houlse
Amendment to Immigration
Restriction Measure Seek
ing to Admit Political Re.
fugees to U. S. Defeated.
Three Changes Adopted

Washington, April 22.-After res
jcctipg an amendment seeking to ad6
init ~ the United States, foreign poA
litical refugees the house passed thu
immigration restriction bill SUBJ
stantially the same as It went through
last session, only to be given Z
pocket veto. The bill now goes ID
the senate, where republican leaders
said it would be passed without de-
lay.
The measure is designed to ba
operative for IA months and would
limit the entry OF aliens to 8 per cent
of the number of nationals OF any
country in the United States at ths
time Of the 1910 census.
Three amendments were adopted
by the house. One would permit
admission in excess OF the 5 PET
cent limit OF all aliens clearly prov"
ing they had been subjected to re-
ligious persecution in their native
land and we're seeking refuge here
solely to avoid such hardships.
Children Exempted.
The second would admit children
of American citizens under l8 years
of age. independent of the passage
of limitation, and the third would
give preference to the families and
relatives of American citizens and,
former service men honorably dis
charged from the army or navy re-
gardless OF whether they had been
naturalized, in determining the ques-
ton of admissibility under the re-
stricted total.
The principal fight was over an
amendment offered by Representative
SABBATH, Illinois, ranking democrat on
the immigration committee, to open
the gates to political refugees. This
, was lost after a long debate which
was closed by Representative Mon.
dell, a republican leader, who said
that under it even the former Ger-
man emperor could come here.
This question was bitterly dlss.
cussed. Representative. Cochran, dem@
oerat, New York, insisting that the
formes- emperor would be met by
strong hands ready to throw him
in prison. Mr.. Cochran declared that
the one-time emperor was actually .
refugee from the United States.
Mondell Denounces Plan.
Mr.. Mondell was vigorous in de-
/ riouncing the plan to open the gat.s
for political refugees.
"Under the amendment offered"
he said, mot only could William tho
damned come here, but Charles, late
emperor of Austria, and all the kings
and princes who have been spurned
and spewed out by the people Of Eu-
rope could come. Not only that, but
every Russian opposed to the regime
of Lenine and Trotzky, and all tho
| foul hordes that have followed them,
could come in, and. we could not
close the doors against them, even
though they were avowed anarch-s
4 lists. That is what this amendment
would do. OF course, we all care for
America, but the only way we can
prove it is not by words, but by
votes"
| Immediately after the house had
voted the amendment down, Mr..
SABBATH presented another designed to
make lawful the entry of Donal J.
/ O'Callaghan. lord mayor of Cork,
and permit him to remain as po-
iitical refugee. The amendment was
in the form of resolution, but when
i it was read, dozen members in
1 all parts of the chamber jumped to
! their feet with cries of point of
order" One was sustained and the
bills was passed without reference in
any of its sections to the lord mayor.