I agree with the Senator that it is a ifiatter for each nation to decide in accordance with the established principles of comity existing between them and in consonance with humanitarian principles. In so far as the racial exclusion law is concerned. I do not consider that that enters into this discussion. because I am not favorable to any movement which will permit a breaking down of our present immigration laws. I have not had a letter either for or against this bill. so far as I know. nor has anyone said anything about any particular section of it to me. My conception of it has come wholly from a study of it here. and. in the respect I have indicated. it runs contrary to the conception I have of fairness and justice to people all over the world. for I can not see. after we exclude a Chinaman from admission into our country. that it is correct for us to pass a law which reaches out the strong arm of the Federal Government and says. "You can not get a job on any boat in the world." I do not believe it is right for us to use our vast power by reason of our superior place in commerce and trade to tell a member of the Chinese race that he shall not get a job on a Danish boat or a Swedish boat.
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