EXCLUSION OF JAPANESE.
U.S. CONGEESS DECIDES.
CLAUSE IN FORCE JULY 1.
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY.
BILL GOES TO PRESIDENT.
HIS ACTION UNCERTAIN.
By Telegraph— Association— Copyright. (Received 9.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z.-Renter. NEW YORK. May 15. Despite the opposition of the President, Mr. Calvin Coolidge, the House of Representatives adopted the report of the conference of the two Houses on the Immigration Bill, making July 1 next the date on which the Japanese exclusion provision will come into force.
There was an overwhelming majority against any postponement of the date in order to allow of negotiations with Japan being entered upon. The motion adopting the report of the conference was carried by 508 votes to 58. The Senate also quickly adopted the report, by 70 votes to 9.
The President will now receive the measure for his signature.
The Washington correspondent of the New .York Times says that the Secretary of State, Mr. C. E. Hughes, has asked Mr. Coolidge to veto the bjll, but that it is not yet known precisely what action the President will take. It is believed that he may ask Congress to reconsider its action by returning the measure with a message indicating the undesirability of the exclusion clause.
Such a procedure, it i 3 believed, might enlist the support of the group of wavering members of the Senate and the House of Representatives. These could, it is thought, be induced to change their minds under pressure.
It is understood that the United States Ambassador at' Tokio made it clear that he was unsympathetic with the action of Congress and that he endorsed the known dislike of Mr. Coolidge and Mr. Hughes to-the exclusion clause. It is not felt that the President is likely to veto the bill this time, especially as an early adjournment of Congress would make it unlikely that another measure could be substituted. In some quarters it is thought that the President may permit the measure to become law without his signature, but this also is considered to be unlikely. ' ■ ' ' ' *. * ' *
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18711, 17 May 1924, Page 9
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