In considering our naval requirements we must also have in mind any National or State policies which have in the past given rise to controversies with foreign countries and which may cause trouble again. It so happens that certain policies which are deemed wise for the people of this country prove irritating to other nations. Our policy of excluding Asiatics falls within this class and is one of the most sensitive questions with which our Government is called upon to deal. Within a year the Secretary of State has appealed in person to the Legislature of the State of California urging upon that State the importance of doing nothing which would complicate our relations with Japan. Only recently. while the immigration bill was under consideration. the Members of this House were appealed to by the administration and by the leaders of both parties to the same effect. Members of the House fully realize the possibility of international complications growing out of antiAsiatic legislation. either by Congress or any of the States. We can not ignore this question in considering our naval requirements.
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