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Bryan to California to impress as an enemy. Why imperil our friendship? You gentlemen the California people with the right of Japan under the alleged from the Pacific coast have won your years long fight fur the gentlemens agreement. exclusion of certain immigration. It detracts nothing from That is the peculiar situation in which we find ourselves your victory If you postpone its taking effect within a reasonwith Japan. All we ask you to do is to be reasonable. We able time. As a matter of fact. you are postponing it in this are giving you exactly what you want. and whea we give it to conference report for no longer a time than was intended wien you the gentleman from California can go back this bill was first considered. Why then shall we imperil the and say "I have won the fight I have been engaged in for success of the restriction of immigration? The country is in 17 years". but if you kick it over. the fault will not be ours. favor of immigration restriction. and to vote against this conThe fault will lie with the gentlemen who refused to take w�hat ference report malkes a vote against the restriction of immigrathey wanted because they could not get it in just their own tion. There are many gentlemen in this House way. who are in favor of leaving the doors against immigration