Evening star., 1924-05-07
Tells Leaders July | Is Too
Soon to Make Exclusion
Effective.
HOPES TO GAIN DELAY
UNTIL MARCH |, 1926
Likely to Get Support in House,
But Senate Outlook Is
Doubtful.

the administration fight against
the immigration bill provision max
ing Japanese exclusion effective idly
/ will be carried to the floor of
the Senate and House when the bill
comes up for final action
President Coolidge today called into
conference Chairman Johnson of the
House Immigration committee and
Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsyi-
vania- in charge of the immigration
bill in the Senate, in a final effort to
obtain postponement of the effective
date of the exclusion policy.
Secretary Hughes also was con
suited by the President in connection
with the bill, but it was not re
vealed whether any new effective
date had been suggested as a com
promise.
President Coolidge informed CON
gresaional leaders today that he re
garded the date set as entirely too
soon to permit of the diplomatic ar
ranSement he wants to make with
Japan, and steps were taken imme-
diately afterward to line up those
who sympathize with his view t.
oppose acceptance Of the conference
report
l. -
as the effective date of the exclusion
provision, and he is hopeful that a.
| least a delay of q few months BE-
Yond the date fixed by the confereeS
, finally will be agreed to by Congress
1t was the 1926 date which Mr.. Cool
idge suggested to the conferees. and
| he manifestly was disappointed at the
| agreement of the conference com
mittee on July l of this year. which
was the date carried in the bill as il
Trd
bill, the provision would have becom-
effective Immediately.
May Get House Support.
A considerable group of Republigau
House leaders may follow the Presi-
dents lead in opposing the confer
! ence report, but in the Senate tn.
| situation is more doubtful. Senator
| Lodge of Massachusetts,, chairman OF
! the foreign relations committee and
| the party floor leader, was one OF
| those who most vigorously champion
| ed immediate application of the bar
| rier against Japanese while thr
measure was under debate in th,.
Senate and he was Joined by an al
most unanimous Republican follow
| ing.
AS a result of the discussion Of
| House leaders with the President
| was Indicated that a determined fghi
! was being organized in the HoUsr
| against the recommendation of thr
| confereeS. 1t was understood NOV
would be made to POSTPONE the ef-
fectlVe date for nine months at leas;.
The conference report probably will
come before the House tomorrow
Two Changes Proposed.
AS put into definite form and read
| to the Senate by Senator McKeIlar
Democrat, Tennessee, the President,
| postponement proposal makes two
changes in the language of the see
aliens who are Ineligible to citizen
| ship-the exclusion section. After
| changing the effective date to Narch
L, 1926, the suggested draft ADDS this
| proviso to the section:
provided, however, That the pru-
visions of this paragraph shall not
| apply to the nationals of those ooun
| tries with which the United States
after the enactment of this act, shall
have entered into treaties, by and
with the advice and consent of tn
Senate, for the restriction of imm
| grafton"
Norris Scores Coolidge.
The proposal was read by Senator
McKellar when he interrupted :,
! speech by Senator Norris Republicar
| Nebraska, in which the latter charged
that President Coolidge was "playing
| politics" On the eve of yesterday
| republican primary in California.
Senator Norris said, it had been give,
| out that the President favored the ex-
! clusion provision, but now, "if th-
President has his way, there will
probably be provision in the bill
which at least many people HONESTY
1
Senator Mckellar said the Pres
dents draft of the section had heer
handed to him by a member of tn.
conference committee "who asked yn
| to sound out the opinion on tn
Democratic side of the chamber" A.
the language added was entirely new
the Tennessee senator said, and un-
IKE anything in the bill as passed
only be put into the bill by suspen.
sion of the rules
| In completing their agreement last
| night the conferees decided upon the
| the census of 1890 until July /. 1922
when the so-called national origi,,
| method" will be employed, the total
admittances, however, being restrict
| ed to 100000 annually from that dat.
Provisions Of the House bill relat
| ing to 'non-quota" immigrants wer.
| adopted substantially without chang
Under them wives, unmarried childrel:
| ican citizens. professors and minis
| ters, students in accredited schools
| and returning aliens would be consid-
| cred outside the quota if thay obtain
| ed certificates. During debate in tha
Senate it was charged that thes,-
| exceptions would have the effect OF
doubling the total annual immigra-
| tion, estimated at about 100, 900 und-r
the bill.
No Barrier in West.
Persons born in independent coun-
tries Of the western hemisphere, in.
cluding Canada, would be admissibl,
also upon presentation of certificate
without reference to any quota
The House section relating to alien
seamen was adopted virtually with
out change, although it had been
stricken out by the Senate This
would restrict the Illicit landing OF
seamen. A Senate provision agreed
to would give preference within the
quota" to parents of American citi-
zens and to skilled farm labor, but In
no case would such preferences he
permitted to exceed so per cent of the
nations quota
Provision for selection OF immi
grants at the source and for immi-
grafton vises by American consular
officials abroad were previously In
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