Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1922-06-08
Presidential Control
Of immigration
Congressional Delegate Front
Hawaii Would Authorize
Suspension by the Presi-
dent.

Washington, June Henry A. Bad
win. congressional delegate from Hawaii.
appearing today before the senate i'm
migration committee. advocated adop-
tion of the Dillingham; resolution, which
would authorize suspension by the pres
ident for five years of the immigration
laws to meet any emergency, which de-
velops from labor shortage.
Mr.. Baldwin declared that, while the
resolution was designed to relieve the
present labor shortage by enabling the
president to permit immigration of Chi
nese under certain restrictions, its prin-
cipaI effect would be to check the
growth of what he described as the mem
ace of japanese industrial and political
tcontrol in the islands.
| He said the Japanese were not assimi-
lated into the Anericanized population
of Hawaii but that all. including even
those who were born there, maintained
| their nationality.
'once Japanese, always Japanese"
Senator Johnson, republican California,
| member of the committee, interjected.
adding that in his opinion no four
power treaty nor anything else would
| prevent the japanese from remaining
| Japanese.
1
/ tations were described by Delegate Bald
| win to emphasize that efforts were be-
| ing made by the employers to attract
farm labor So far, he said, all such
efforts have failed. Filipinos attracted
to the islands by high wages, he assert
| ed, return to their homes as soon as
| they have accumulated enough money
to purchase farms OF their own in the
Philippines.
The Japanese, Mr. Baldwin continued
| are seeking control of the sugar planta-
| tfons through purchase. but are not
making as much headway in that as in
the pineapple and coffee industries.
'The Japanese are increasing theil
land holdings in Hawaii" he declared
land as their control extends conditions
become such that Americans are driver
away"
| The recent elections in the island:
were interpreted by the delegate as ar
endorsement of the Dillingham; resolu
ton. He said the only opposition aside
from that of the Japanese came from
the American Federation Of Labor
which had what he described as small
organization in Honolulu composed o
| government employees at Pearl Harbor
1t did not represent, he insisted, th'
views Of the farm laborers or the peo
Iple of the islands.
Objection of the federation to the res
! olution was set forth by Edgar Wallace
of the legislative committee Of that or
lganization He told the committee tina
when Hawaii was given the protectio
OF the United States It agreed to adap
itself to. American laws. Having bee
given the advantages OF free access t
American ports. he said, the Hawaiian
; now were asking that they "be permit
: ted to import Chinese in bond, whicl
would in effect mean slavery"
Hope of Americanizing the Japanes
in Hawaii is entirely futile. accordin
to Walter F. Dillingham;. of Hawaii, VIII
said the Japanese in the islands mum
Der four times as many as any othe
nationality. He quoted Japanese news
papers to show the activity o
Japanese officials IN maintainln
solidarity among their nationals in Ha
wall, and declared that Japanese ther
who did not patronize their own peopl
and industries were considered traitor: