There certainly has been a shifting of positions in regard to this feature of the bill. The Senator from Pennsylvania in his argument in regard to an inquiry from the Senator from Ohio took the position that this bill did not violate the favorednation clause of our treaties with other nations. and the junior Senator from Massachusetts has never contended on this floor that the word "passenger" referred to anything except immigrants coming from a foreign country. It was not intended to include tourists. The Senator took the position that this bill never intended to include tourists. that the word "passenger" simply meant an immigrant.
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