He sent me a telegram in support of the amendment that I will read: All of the Filipino alien group. amounting to 28.829 as of July 1. 1951 (Department of Public Health figure). are considered permanent residents of the Territory. Of this number. the group of 6.000 who entered in 1945. 1946. are to all intents and purposes permanent residents although their entry was in accordance with Department of Interior regulations. If a strict legal or administrative interpretation of the status of this last group of Filipinos is that they are not permanent residents. they then would be segregated and restricted from persons of identical race who came to the Territory for an identical purpose. and thus as such would be treated in discriminatory manner under immigration laws governing entry to the mainland. Due to the firm roots established by the older Filipino grov- in the Territory of Hawaii prior to 1934. I believe very few would transplant themselves to the mainland.
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