Show SAILORS SAILORS' CLAUSE IN EXCLUSION BILL House Decides Committee to ta Strike Prohibition of Employment of Chinese WASHINGTON March 22 By 22 By an almost unanimous Vote tile the House House G Committee on Foreign Relations has struck out of the Chinese Chi Chi- base nese exclusion n bill bilI the paragraph pro- pro biting ships flying the American flag ag from employing Chinese sailors under 2000 penalty for each offense This provision has proved one of ot the chief chiet sources of controversy over the bill Representative Kahn Iahn of California has talked With Speaker Henderson as asto asto asto to the exclusion bill when it reaches the House and it is understood that while Mr Kahn considers the sailors' sailors clause most important he will not insist upon it to the extent of jeopardizing the entire exclusion mea mea- sure |