Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-24
Garner Suggests Charles E.
Hughes Be Asked to
Express Opinion
GRAVE RESULTS
Sudden EnfOrceme ent of
Quota Basis Deprecated
By Reports

WASHINGTON Feb. 90 GP)-The
question whether the American gov
ernment from standpoint of policy
would act wiselyiin approving the box
bill to place all Western Hemisphere
nations on quota basis was raised
today by Representative Garner, dem
ocrat, Texas, who suggested that
Charles Evans Hughes be called, de-
claring that the former secretary OF
state in view of the Havana Pan
American conference, should be able
to give q valuable expression of
opinion of the propriety of such action
Aside from the committee meeting
today. it also became known that
Manuel G.. Teller, the Mexican am
fbaSSador to Washington, had written
committee members transmitting re-
port on the question of Mexican ina
migration. The ambassador, who
adopted the unusual procedure of COM
municating directly with the members
instead of sending his letter through
state department channels, did not
express any views, simply calling atten-
ton to report by DR.. Manuel Gamio
a Mexican scientist on the Mexican
immigration question.
The propriAty of the Mexican am
baSsador adopting this procedure OF
communication was discussed by sew
eral members and the matter was
called to the attention of the state de-
partment 1t was regarded b va num-
ber of members as only courteous
effort by the ambassador to give the
committee information on the subject
although it was predicted that the de-
partlnent might find it advisable to
call Senor Tellez attention to his de-
parture from the usual diplomatic pro-
cedure.
DR.. Gamio's report which, the am
bassador said, shed light on these
problems in official source both in
Mexico and the United States" said
among other things that the "ab-
normal conditions under which Mexi-
can immigration in the United States
develops, as we'll as its progressive
numerical increase, are of diSadvant-
age to both the United States and
Mexico"
"But ON the other hand the sud-
den stop of this immigration would
bring grave results in both countries
it continued. "The activity and de-
velopment of this immigration can De
normalized, that is, the unfavorable
social problems ra,'ced hv the United
States can be counteracted an,
condition of the immigrant himself
can be bettered, if effective steps are
taken toward the doing so as result
IF coiaY1fifin ipUnctiUo tiOnco
At the committee meeting, Garner
took the stand after Representative
Box, democrat, Texas had concluded
arguments, begun at previous session
in behalf of the bill of which he is
author. TIe contended that Mexican
labor was pouring into the United
States causing lowering of both the
labor and social standards in this
country
A third Texas democrat, Represent
ative Hudspeth, joined with Garner
in opposing the bill. He and Garner
contended that to shut off Mexican
labor would be ill-advised, Garner
specifically arguing that to do sc
would work economic hardship upon
Hudspeth's and his own districts,
which are along the Mexican-Amer
ican border; that in addition, Mex
ican laborers were not lowering the
American labor and social standards
and that thirdly the question of
American policy toward its sister ma
tions in the Western Hemisphere must
be considered.
To question by Representative
VinSOn reDublican MICHIGAN Garner
said he would hesitate to take actor
that might interfere ith the long
standing friendship with Canada anc
that he did not see how the United
States could justify its position in thC
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