Speech #670203306

Mr. President. nothing that has occurred either during any Republican administration or during any Democratic administration justifies Senators in the conclusion that the people of this country are willing to perntit unrestricted Japanese immigration into the United States. It will be remembered that when Mr. Bryan went before the California Legislature upon the mission to which the Senator from Illinois has referred his position was overwhelmingly overridden. and the position of Mr. Roosevelts administration respecting the subject was equally unpopular in California. in Washington. in Oregon. and in other States where the real substance of the issue was comprehended. During the course of this debate frequent reference has been made to the fact that the British ambassador has gone to Callfortia and made speeches in an effort to popularize there the fourpower treaty. While the Senator from California In the exercise of his constitutional duty was trying to see that the fourpower treaty was put into terms that would protect the people of California against the dangers incident to Japanese immigration and land ownership. for some reason the British ambassador and the Secretary of Commerce. Mr. Hoover. were making forensic attacks in his rear.