Speech #660011348

I may entirely misunderstal the contention of Japan and the. questions between Japan and this country. Under our immigration laws the citizens of other countries. except those definitely excluded. are granted equal privileges in this country. In the Japanese treaty. while the right of Japanese citizens to come here and become citizens of the United States or to acquire property or to attend public schools is not specifically set forth. there is the favorednation clause. under the terms of which. as the Senator well knows. rights granted citizens of any other country under treaties dealing with the same subject would be extended to the Japanese. That. in short. is the claim that the Japanese Government has made with reference to the treatment of Japanese citizens in this country. It becomes directly a question of treaty right whether they are entitled to come in here with the privileges and immunities of citizens of other countries. guaranteed them under the favorednation clause.