Speech #590164691

I shall ask to insert as a1 part of Illy renmarks certain portions of a leilnorial of the California State LPederation of Labor to the Congress of the United States. as follows: .lsoltcd by thc Califoiloa Statc Federation of Labor. That the views explressed 1 IleSident Roosevelt conertining ou attltole toward tlle lalllteSP indicate llllslnflhlal l 01o IllIscOli ltlnctioll of the facts. |that his llreat to deal sniiitnall/ y with nis Is tierefore entirely 1uncalled for. ald his request for an enlargement of his powers quite unnecessary further . 32 2 I?(cec.d. Tlat the action of the San Francisco board of education. inl providing separate schoolhouses for Caucasian and Mongolian pupils. wilI:t action is authorized and. in fact. required by the State constitition. is indorsed and supported by tile practically unanimous sentiment of the State. and can n)t by any reasonable process of construction lie regarded. oither in intent or in effect. as " shutting them (tile Japanese) OUtt Ironi the common schools." and is therefore not open to the terms oIf expletive which the President has applied to it. further eesolrced. that we insist upon. and shall to the limit of our power taintain. our right. tinder the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of California. and as a matter of practical necessity to the moral and mental wellbeing of our people. to segregate the pupils in the connion schools in such manner as reason and experience shall dictate. and to adopt and enforce such other regulations as may be deenied wise and expledient in the conduct of our educational and other State or iunlcipal affairs. further Rcsolhcd. That we are opposed to the Presidents recotinnendaiois that an act be passed specifically providing for the naturalization of Japanese. and that the powers of the Federal Government be enlarged for the uirpose of subverting the proper authority of this and other States: ftrther It. .otccd. That the powers vested in the Federal Government by tile respective States are designed for use in )rotecting the latter in tle exercise of their reserved rights and functions. consequently any attempt or threat to use these powers to prevent or obstruct tile freest possible exercise of these rights and functions lust be regarded as an tict of tsurpation. menacing the freedom of the American people. endangering the stability of American institutions. and demanding the strongest possible protest on the part of every patriotic citizen. We are opposed to enlarging the power of the Federal Governiient for the purpose of subverting the power of their Statethe whole Federal Governient.