I call the Senators attention to a recent incident which supports the views which he is now expressing. The socalled "gentlemans agreements" which was entered into by President Roosevelt and Japan many years ago. received the sanction of Congress later on. and possessed the validity of a treaty. When the recent immigration law was before the Senate the President of the United States. through the Secretary of State. Mr. Hughes. challenged the attention of Congress to the fact that we were brushing aside what they conceived to be a treaty. by a legislative declaration. and asked that Congress refrain from enacting a law abrogating the gentlemans agreement treaty. at least until the State Department had an opportunity to take up the matter diplomatically with Japan with a view to having it abrogated.
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