Evening star., 1921-02-20
SENATE VOTE SETS
355,O)O AS YEARS
ALIEN ADMISSIONS
Only France and Reed Are
Recorded Against Limit
Put on Immigrants.
THREE PER CENT OF ALL
IN COUNTRY MAY COME
Dillingham; Measure. Passed Almost
Unanimously. Is Substitute for
Johnson House Bill.

Johnson House Bill.
Limiting the number OF immigrants
TO be admitted to this country within
the next twelve months TO approx
mately $4,000. the Dillingham; bill
passed the Senate yesterday by vote
of 81 to ,, the original measure being
! amended in way to increase the re-
strictions imposed.
The bill was a substitute for the
Johnson bill, which has passed the
House. and the two measures will now
go to conference. The johnson bill
would bar all immigrants for a year.
except relatives of persons now in this
country. Advocates Of the Dillingham;
bill maintain that it will keep out
more aliens than would the one which
passed the House.
Oriental Bars Unaffected.
The Senate bill specifically provides
that it shall mot be construed as
amending, repeating or modifying any
! law or agreement now existing which
forbids the admission of any alien of
any nationality or geographical bound
ary," which was taken to mean that
it would not affect present regulations
concerning the admission of Chinese
or Japanese.
1t took the Senate less than five
hours to dispose of the immigration
legislation. a record, according to
leaders. for a subject of such i'm
portance. The only senators who op-
posed passage of the bill were France.
republican, Maryland, and Reed, demo-
cTat, Missouri.
Before passing the Dillingham; sub
stitute the Senate defeated, 43 to 10.
motion to adopt the Johnson bill.
Forty per cent fewer immigrants
would be admitted under the Dilling-
ham bill as it passed the Senate than
as reported by the Senate immi grafton
committee. This was accomplished by
| reducing the basis of immigration
! from per cent to per cent of the
total number Of aliens in this country
according to the 1910 census. The
amendment was offered by Senator
Harrison. democrat, Mississippi, who
led the fight to make the Legislation
more drastic.
Under another amendment wives
and children of aliens who have ap-
piled for citizenship would be given
preference in admission. Another
amendment struck out Il clause au-
thorizing. admissions when deemed
justifiable as measure of hu-
manity.'
Estimates Of Eject.
The per cent standard of the bill,
according to committee estimates, would
permit the following number of imm
grants during the next year after the
bill becomes law: Belgium. 1,4s2;
Denmark, 5,449; France, 3.523; Ger
many. 75,O40; Netherlands. 1854; Nor
way. 12.116; Sweden, 1886; Switzer-
land, 3,745; United Kingdom. 77,206,
or a total of 202,2l2 from western
Europe.
The maximum number estimated
from northern and southern Europe
is. Austria Hungary 5o.117; Bulgaria.
S45; Serbia, I39: Montenegro, 16i;
Greece, 3,o3S: Italy, 1928: Portugal.
ISL; Rumania, 1878; Russia. 51,s74:
Spain, 663; Turkey, in Europe. S67:
Turkey. in Asia. 4,1s5. or !? total of
153,249 from that district.
Efforts to bar all immigration for
a year were defeated, an amendment
by Senator Trammell, democrat,
Florida, to erect such a barrier being
rejected without a record vote. as
was an earlier amendment by. Senator
Harrison to make the restrictive basis
of the Dillingham; bill 1 instead of
per cent.
Designed as stop Gap.
Advocates of the Legislation in brief
debate declared that it was designed
as a temporary stop gap until Con-
gress could at the next session enact
reform legislation dealing with immi-
grafton.
Senator Dillingham;. author of the
Senate measure. and Chairman Colt
of the Senate immigration commit
tee said the bill was designed to allay
fears of flood" of immigration. In
opposing the bill Senator Reed said
it was narrow" and in conflict with
generous American policies.
House leaders who favor restriction
of immigration predicted last night
the Senate bill probably would receive
House approval. Chairman johnson
of the immigration connnittee. whose
bill was sidetracked in the Senate,
said he would go more than half way
in agreeing with the Senate on re-