We have given much time and consideration to those who oppose this measure. and I feel that the immense benefits resulting to both .China and America by the enactment of this bill far outweigh any disadvantages pointed out by opponents in all the hearings before the committees. The difference between the term "Chinese persons" as used in section 2. and the term "persons of Chinese descent" as used in section 3. will be found in detailed explanation in that part of the written report under the heading of section 3. The Immigration Service and the State Department have had a number of informal meetings and have mutually agreed that in the case of mixed blood the term "Chinese persons or persons of Chinese descent" means "persons who are of as much as onehalf Chinese blood and are not as much as onehalf blood of a race ineligible for citizenship." In other words. this definition accords with both judicial and administrative interpretations down through the years. It simply means that if a person is as much as onehalf Chinese blood with a mixture of other eligible bloods. such as white. black. or American Indian. he will be classed as a Chinese person. both for the purposes of section 2 and section 3 of the bill. However. if he is of as much as onehalf of a blood still ineligible to citizenship. such as Jap. Hindu. and so forth. he will be classed as a person racially ineligible to citizenship. and neither admissible to the United States nor admissible to naturalization. In other words. in case of admixture of blood. Chinese persons will be continued to be classified as they have been classed in the past. which" is entirely consistent with the purpose of the bill.
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