Finally. there is the question of Japanese exclusion. I would prefer to postpone what I have to say on that until the matter is argued by some one who wants to offend the Japanese and to put the exclusion sections into the bill. The committee was unanimous. as far as it was in attendance. in leaving out those sections. because it regarded them as an unnecessary affront to a friendly nation. because we think the amount of immigration now coming in from Japan is negligible. and because we feel that the preservation of the gentlemans agreement more effectually keeps down Japanese immigration than any exclusion law we could possibly adopt. I send to the desk a copy of a speech delivered by Henry H. Curran. United States Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island. which I ask to have printed in the COnGRESSIONAL RECORD.
Keywords matched
Immigration immigration