I was much gratified at the notice that the Senator from Idaho gave. that he would take that action. I would be gratified at any Indication of interest In -regard to the immigration bill looking toward Its enactment. although I -realize the hesitancy of the Senator from Idaho. a hesitancy which I feel myself as A minority Member. to intervene and assume the responslbillty of pushing forward a bill which has been favorably reported by the majority of the Committee .on Immigration. but. nevertheless. Mr. President. as the days go by. as the time of the Senate becomes more and more occupied by the more immediate questions of money appropriations. and as final adjournment looms larger and larger to the immediate sight. it seems to me that the Senator from Idaho is justified In what he hds done. and while I would much prefer to :see a vote upon the bill alone. not encumbered by even the childlabor bill. because. while I am strongly in favor of the childlabor bill and very much interested in its enactment. there are many Senators here who are very violently opposed to it. and their opposition to that bill would. of course. impede the enactment of the immigration bill if attached to it. So I thought I would supplement the action -of the Senator from Idaho by moving to consider the immigration bill separately. upon its own merits. not encumbering any other bill and not being in its turn encumbered by any other bill.
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