Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee. this section offers an unnecessary affront to a great and friendly people. It must not be understood that in anything I shall say I favor oj)ening the gates for the admission of Japanese immigrants. I should favor instead the strict and evenl drastic enforcement of restrictive laws against them. That is not because of any disparagement of the Japanese. for in the last fifty or sixty years they have made greater progress than any other nation under the sun. both in the improvements of modern life and in political power. But they are of a different race and in a measure uncongenial to our civilization. they have a different form of government. they have different traditions and ideals. reaching back through thousands of years. and they have a different standard of living.
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Japanese are of a different race and uncongenial to our civilization, with different traditions, ideals, and standard of living.