Speech #720027269

The immigration officer says to the captain of the Danish steamer. "You have a Chinaman on board and we will have to take that Chinaman off the boat." The captain of the Danish steamer reads to the immigration officer the bill. which would then be the law. which goes on to sayExcept that any ship of the merchant marine of any sovereign nation may freely bring any excluded citizen or subject of such nation or any person not racially excluded who is a bona fide seaman as a member of the vessels crew. But before we get down to "any person not racially excluded." the Senators bill provides. notwithstanding the Chinaman may not be brought in. that any ship of the merchant marine of any sovereign nation may freely bring any excluded citizen or subject of such nation. The Danish ship is a ship of a sovereign nation and is a member of her merchant marine. The point I am trying to make is that I am not taking issue with what the Senator is seekingto obtain. but it did occur to me that this section is so contradictory that without some one reading it in the light in which the Senator from Utah is reading it. an entirely different interpretation would be placed upon it than the intended interpretation.