I have not had time to examine this question as fully as I should like. I did not approve of the conference report and declined to sign it. One of the reasons which prompted me to witihold my signature was my feeling that we had not handled the immigration question as it was allied to seamen in as effective and satisfactory a manner as it should have been dealt with. I believed that the accepted provisions now found in the conference report would not accomplish what was desired in the exclusion of persons from our shores who. either as seamen or as immigrants. were not permitted to land. I regret that the measure 1before us has not covered this important subject. as I believe it should have been dealt with. There was no thought when the provisions were agreed upon in conference that It could possibly be interpreted as affecting the seamens act. and. as stated. not until today was my attention sharply challenged to this matter.
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