That power to terminate on six months notice at airy time within the 12 years was specifically put in In order to protect us in case the gentlemens agreement was not maintained. All I desired to call attention to was that the substitution of the amendment of the committee for the language of the House does not alter the situation as it exists today. The original language of the House bill. which has been stricken out. does alter the situation. because it excludes all persons who under our laws can not be naturalized. That is not in any law today. and It leaves us no worse and no better off than we are at this moment to adopt this amendment. If I may be pardoned for a moment longer. the amendment is an extremely awkward one. It was put In at the request of the executive department of the Governmentthe State Department. They believed It necessary that it should be embodied. To put it In plain language. it excludes all Asiatic immigration not now excluded by gentlemens agreement or by treaty.
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