Speaker. it seems to me that the statement of the Chair disposes of the position of the gentleman from Missouri [M1r. BARTHOLDT]. If thismatterisreferred to the Committee on Immigration. it- certainly is problematical whether it retains any privilege. and this thing is certain. that if this House votes to nonconcur and assents to the request of the Senate for a conference. and conferees are appointed on the part of the House by the Speaker. then the report of that conference .375 committee is privileged. and whenever they bring the report before the House the House can immediately act upon it. So the situation is clear. If this matter is referred to the Committee on Immigration. we can not have from that committee. even from the standpoint of the gentleman from Missouri . anything else than a recommendation to nonconcur. The gentleman from Ohio proposes that at this very moment the House nonconcur. that we take the short cut to solve the matter. and dispense with a superfluous reference. by having a committee of conference appointed. and then the report. when it shall be made. will be privileged. So that. if there is any member who is a friend of the House bill. who believes in legislation and is opposed to the Senate amendmentsas the gentleman from Missouri appears to bethe only way that he can accomplish his desire effectually is to vote for the motion of the gentleman from Ohio.
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