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Amendnent numbered 5. on page 7. The gentleman from California. when this matter vas before the House on Friday. said that the language inserted by the conferees. which is: And no alien now in any way excluded from or prevented from enterlig the United States shall be admitted to the United StatesWas germane to the language stricken from the bill. which had -been inserted in the House. which was: Hindus and persons who can not become eligible under existing law to become citizens of the United States by naturalizationAnd then the exception. It seems to me clear that if the gentleman from California was correct. then the language which was inserted was clearly outside of the powers of the conferees. because the language. as it was in the House provision. is very plain. It says: Hindus and persons who can not become eligible under existing law to become citizens of the United States by naturalizationShall be excluded. The language inserted by the conferees was: And no alien now in any way excluded from or prevented from entering the United States shall be admitted to the United States.