I want the Senate to have the full facts on the situation. I think the distinguished gentleman from the State Department has done a great disservice to Japan in even suggesting that this legislation is on a basis comparable with the Exclusion Act. because it is. of course. no such thing. I am surprised that anyone holding a position of responsibility in the State Department should even make such a comparison. I believe that the Congress of the United States has made great progress. In the recent immigration bill which was passed. Japan and the other countries of the Far East were placed on a quota basis with other nations throughout the world. There is no discrimination against any nation of the Orient. and there should be no discrimination. I come from a west coast State. where in years past these problems have caused great tension. I have taken the Position that I think we have a desire for and a need to develop a handsacrossthePacific policy of friendship with the people of the Far East. I do not see how the gentleman in the State Department can take the position that the proposed tariff is comparable with the Exclusion Act. Under the Constitution of the United States. this subject is under the jurisdiction of the Congress. What does he say about other tariff protection on American products?
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