At the time of his death. Judge RAKER was the dean of the California delegation In Congress. and his years of faithful service here were fruitful and profitable not only to the State which he had the honor so long to represent. but to the Nation as well. His work on the Immigration Committee centered around the restrictive legislation calculated to protect our country from too great a movement to our shores of people whom time and experience had proven difficult for us to assimilate into our body politic. and this included a settlement of the difficult Japanese problem for the Pacific coast. As a member of the Public Lands Committee lie played an important part in shaping and securing the passage of the Important Federal water power act. the Hetch Hetchy legislation to give San Francisco a water supply and the law granting the right of way for the Los Angeles aqueduct. to enable that city to bring itsdomestic water from the Owens River. On the Irrigation and Reclamation Committee he was an ardent advocate of the Bowlder Dam project. which means so much to the entire Southwest. while as a member of the Committee oil Woman Suffrage lie made an important contribution to the movement which extended the franchise to the women of the country.
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Generalization that some groups are difficult to assimilate.