Agents of the Japanese Government are seeking to amend the bill by placing Japanese on quota basis with Europeans. Such amendment would constitute an acknowledgment of Japanese racial (!quality and lay the foundation for and be followed by demand for full rights of franchise. land ownership. and intermarriage. Its results to the Pacific coast would be disastrous. for concession in any form of Japanese claim of racial equality means eventual removal of all barriors to Japanese immigration. No law at all would be better than one containing or implying such concession. The coast can fight the Japanese more effectively by means of State laws and local opposition under present unsatisfactory arrangements than under a law purporting to restrict Japanese immigration but conceding tile fitness and therefore the natural right of Japanese to enjoy all privileges of American citizenship. Enactment. however. of the Johnson bill in its original form is imperatively needed. The time has come for Congress to tell Japan she will not be allowed to colonize our soil or establish an Eurasian strain in our midst.
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