Evening star., 1924-05-14
COOLIDGE REVIEWS
FIGHT TOPOSTP0NE
EXCLUSION CLAUSE
Calls Hughes and House
Leaders of Both Parties
to Conference.
LONGW0RTH FORESEES
i, CONFERENCE REPORT OK.
Declares House Will Approve Max
ing Ban Effective on July l,
After Farley.

Further steps were taken by the
administration today to obtain post
ponement of Japanese exclusion
With the immigration bill embody-
ing the exclusion provision pending
for final action in the House, Presi-
dent Coolidge called into conference
at the White House Secretary Hughes
and the ranking House leaders of
both parties.
The President is understood to
have presented again the admins
tration's view that Japanese exclu-
sion should be postponed until diplo-
matte negotiations can be conducted
with Japan. The basis for the ad-
ministration's anxiety also over the
matter was set forth to the House
members by Secretary Hughes.
Further Action Delayed.
The House rejected last week a
conference report adopted at the be-
hest of the President to delay the
effective date of exclusion until
March I, 1925. The conferees since
then have reported to the House an
agreement based on the original
House provision making exclusion ef-
fective next July l, but action on the
report has been deferred until to-
morrow.
tThe House leaders called into con-
terence by the President were Repre-
sentat atives Longworth of Ohio. Re-
publican floor leader. and Garrett of
tennessee, Democratic floor leader:
chairman johnson of the immi gra ton
committee, Representative Garner of
Texas, a ranking Democratic men,
Der of the House rules committee.
land Chairman Smell of the same com
mittee
By calling in Representatives. Ca.
rett and Garner the President initi-
ated an effort to gain bipartisan
support for the plea for time in which
TO negotiate with Toxic.
On his return to the Capitol Mr.
Longworth, acting as spokesman for
House would adopt the conference re-
port on the immigration bill, making
exclusion effective July / of this year,
but said action on the report might
De deferred day or so beyond to-
morrow. He declined to give any
reason for the possible postponement.
No Alternative Offered.
II is understood that the discus
sion on immigration at the White
House was general, and those present
insisted that no definite alternative
TO the exclusion provision agreed to
by House and Senate conferees was
proposed. Mr.. Longworth said he
knew of none that would be offered
when the report comes up for House
approval.
The majority floor leader Indicated
nevertheless, that there might be a
last-minute shift of position He de-
clined to say whether there would be
any effort made, even though it ap-
peared futile, to revisa the conference
report or recommit it to the con-
ferees.
Republican insurgents in the House
at a conference today decided to
make a stand against several provi-
sions of the immigration bill as ap-
proved by the conferees, but took no
exception to the Japanese exclusion
section. The insurgents object to the
Senate provision which would place
immigration quotas on a race origin
basis after 1926, and to certain pro-
visions which they declare would null
lify a section of the La Follette's
seaman act with regard to. landing of
alien seamen at American ports.