In the meantime we should develop steadily through an expansion of the organic act a larger importance to their own officials by extension of authority to cabinet government." Can one for a moment imagine Secretary Hurley agreeing to anything like that? He would be the first one to write a dissenting letter. a much more severe letter than the one which he has sent against the bill now being discussed. The President continues: Immigration should be restricted at once. Secretary Hurley agrees with him in that respect. but who else agrees with him? Who else thinks. if we are not going to give these people their independence. if we are going to keep them against their will. subject to ourselves. that we . have a right to make any discrimination against them as compared with any other people under the American flag? The only excuse for restricting immigration is that it is part of the preparation for independence. The President goes on: We should cooperate with them to bring about their economic independence before the plebiscite by very gradual reduction of their free imports. What about Secretary Chapin?
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