I shall endeavor to conclude as rapidly as possible my remarks in regard to the motion to reconsider the vote by which Senate bill 202 was passed. As there are several Senators here who are not familiar with the situation. may I briefly review it? This bill. as it is called. a bill for deporting alien seamen. was reported out of the Immigration Committee. not unanimously. as is sometimes stated. but over the objection of the chairman of the committee. The bill concerns not only the importation of alien seamen and their possible desertion at ports of entry and their addition to the undesirable portion of the population of this country. but it concerns also the commerce of the United States. and more particularly our foreign relations. it affects adversely our ability to compete with foreign countries in commerce. but. more serious than anything else. it is discriminatory in its dealings with foreign nations. According to the opinion of the Department of State. this bill would permit Chinese steamships. manned by Chinese crews and Chinese stewards. to come into the ports of our Pacific coast without any objection or interference.
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