Mr. President. when this bill came out of the committee with a report that was almost unanimous. being opposed by very few members of the committee. it maintained our original colonial policy. which is to treat those countries. islands. or possessions on the same basis in regard to tariff and other matters as we treat our own people. It is quite true. as the Senator from California says. that some years ago he introduced a proposal to change the immigration laws so as to shut out from the continental United States Philippine immigration. That matter has never succeeded in getting by the two Houses of Congress and becoming law. Now. what is proposed in the amendment which has been debated here for about an hour. but which has been temporarily withdrawn in the absence of the senior Senator from California . is the adoption of this immigration restriction in a bill which is intended to give independence to the Philippines. but which will go into effect even though the Philippines do not get their independence. We control them. Their flag is our flag.
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