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Wu added. that a democratic Japan after the war will be a benefit to the world as well as to herself. but the conditions and requirements to be imposed on a defeated Japan can only be made known after consultations with the United Nations engaged In the war against Japan. CHUNGKING. October 13Several Chungking dailies today urge the American Congress to adopt legislation discarding the Chinese Exclusion Act and giving naturalization rights to Chinese immigrants to the United States. The China Times predicts a new law will be passed as the relations between China and the United States have become more and more friendly and the American people realize that any unequal treatment in international relations will hinderthe construction of a new world. "We hope that the new law not only will be passed by the United States Congress but will be passed by an overwhelming vote so as to manifest the American peoples sense of justice and to produce favorable effects on the future relations between the two nations." the paper declares. Sao Tang Pao particularly takes note of President Roosevelts remark: "By the repeal of the Chinese exclusion laws. we can correct a historic mistake and silence the distorted Japanese propaganda." The Japanese have been persistently insinuating that strong racial prejudices prevail between the white and colored rapes. This propaganda is. of course. ridiculous to the Chinese. the paper says. The signing of the new SinoAmerican and SinoBritish treaties strongly prove the fallacy of such distortion. To eradicate thoroughly such illattempted propaganda. however. the United Nations must further show equality among themselves. It will serve as a strong proof of such equality if America discards the Chinese Exclusion Act. Sao Tang Pao believes. As the distinguished gentleman from Minnesota pointed out. the question is not one of bread alone.