Chairman. I want to say. In reply to the gentleman from Texas. that he has in my opinion stated the attitude of a large majority of the farmers of California wrongly. because at a recent convention of the Farmers Educational and Cooperative Union. which Is very strong in my county. a resolution against Japanese immigration was passed by a large majority. Now. I do not want to get into any conflict with my colleague here. the gentleman from New York . but I think he is mistaken about the Taylor case. decided by the Supreme Court. In the statement from the Department of Commerce and Labor. which I will insert in the RECORD. it is stated that the court decided that the present law applies to aliens generally. and is not to be circumscribed to exclude only alien Immigrants. although a master of a ship could not be prosecuted criminally for permitting one of his sailors to desert while on shore leave. That was a criminal case. and the statute was construed strictly in favor of the defendant. The court in that case does not decide that an alien aillicted with a dangerous contagious disease must be admitted because he had been in the United States before.
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