The New York herald., 1921-02-10
ADMITS ALIENS ON
PERCENTAGE BASIS
Senate Modification Of John
son Measure Favors Ratio
Of Five.
WOULD LET IN 674,420
Friends of One Year Ban Will
Fight to Have This Ratio
Reduced.
WOULD LET IN 674,420


Special Despotch to THE Nnw YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c.. Feb. 3.
The Senate Committee on Immigra-
ton to-day decided BY a vote of five
to four against recommending the
passage OF the so-called Johnson bill
for one year restriction to immigra-
ton.
IT was decided to report q substitute
bill which will limit immigration on a
percentage basis, the exact percentage
not having yet been agreed upon. It
is expected to be per cent. annually.
which is the figure most of the COM
mittee desire. a final meeting will be
held tomorrow, and those who are
for the Johnson bill will try to have
the percentage reduced to l per cent.
The vote was as follows:
For the percentage bill, Senators
Colt, Sterling, Dillingham;, Keyes, Re-
publicans. and Phelan, Democrat.
Against percentage and for the John
son bill, Senators Harris, Harrison,
King. Democrats, and Johnson (CaD,
Republican.
Here is the important feature Of the
bill as agreed on:
That the number of aliens OF any
nationality who may be admitted to the
United States in any fiscal year shall
be limited to percentum OF the num-
Der OF persons of such nationality resi-
dent in the United States, as determined
by the census next preceding.
Exemptions Provided.
This provision shall not apply 70
government officials. their families, at
tcndants. servants and employees, nor
TO aliens in continuous transit through
the United States. nor to aliens who
have been lawfully admitted TO the
United States. and who shall later go
In transit from one part OF the United
States to another through foreign con-
tiguous territory. nor to aliens visiting
the United States as tourists. nor temp
orarily for business or pleasure. nor to
aliens coming from countries ininisra-
ton from which is now regulated in ac-
cordance with treaties or agreements,
nor to aliens who are native born or
naturalized citizens OF the Dominion of
Canada, New Foundland. the Republic
of Cuba, the Republic of Mexico.
countries of Central and South america,
and adjacent islands.
For the purposes of this act, nation
ality shall be determined by country OF
birth, but the term country shall not
be held to include colonies or depen-
denotes, which colonies or dependencies
shall be considered as separate coun-
tries"
Information on which 70 base per-
centages. tho bill provides. shall be
prepared jointly by the Secretaries OF
state. Commerce and Labor, from the
1910 census, except as to countries the
boundaries OF which have been fxcd
since 1910. AZ to these countries, es-
Inmates shall be submitted on which
to base percentages
Monthly admissions OF any class are TO
be limited to 20 per cent. of the total
number OF admissibles in any one year
and. Of course, when the maximum has
been admitted for one year. no matter
at what period this maximum is reached,
no others in that class shall be admitted
in the remaining portion Of the year.
The bill provides that regulations for
administering the bill shall be prepared
by the Commlssloner-Ceneral OF 1mmi-
grafton, with the approval Of the Sec
re.ary OF Labor. Statements are re-
qured to be published from time 20 time
as 10 the number OF various aliens ad-
mitted. these 10 be furnished to officials
OF this and foreign countries, both here
and abroad. and also to land and water
transportation companies.