Show jL jI TROUBLE OVER THE I IWHITE WHITE SLAVE BilL Immigration and Interstate Commerce Commer e Committees Have Separate Measures Washington Dec 17 A bill aiming at atthe atthe atthe the suppression of ot o the white whitt slave fave traffic tic fic and aad Imprisonment and heavy beaV f hies for fee any aft person Importing h wo women women women men Into this th country ou try for immoral pur purposes purposes poses Po a or harboring JIg them after their ar arrival arrival arrival rival here hero was wu reported out of the immigration gration CI committee today The measure is la a substitute for the two bills billa Introduced Introduce by Representatives Ben Bennett Bennett Bennett nett and Sabath and aid is IB Intended to cover the ground of ot the bill prepared by Chair Chairman Chairman man luau Mann of the interstate tate commerce commission fl flA A maximum penalty of ten years im imprisonment Imprisonment imprisonment and ind a fine of GOO is provided for Tor violations The bill also covers coven the Interstate traffic tic fie The white slave bill introduced by b Chairman Mann of the house committee on interstate and foreign commerce was I considered also at today meeting of Mr Manns committee but was net acted up upon upon upon on The committee will meet again to tj tomorrow t morrow Advocates of the bill bUl believe that one or two of the minority are weakening Contentions of the immigration commit committee committee tee toe that it and not the interstate com coin commerce commerce merce committee has bu jurisdiction was wan brought wrought up today but it was wu Claimed that thai the bill In no way divested the immigration Immigration gration committee of its lIB prerogatives In his report Mr Howell chairman ot or orthe the Immigration committee expressed the opinion that the measure will largely ful fulfill fulfill I UI fill the duty and meet the opportunity of the he national government towards these the e in Infamous famous practices The report recommends additional legis legill legislation lation latton by states and territories and the District of ot Columbia along lines Un of the Illinois law The substitute bUt bill is 18 changed chan ed from the original immigration i committees bill so 80 as to apply to per persons sons aGna who are supported by or receive in ID whole or in part pr pan proceeds of prostitution tion The substitute calls calU for the deportation and exclusion of Immoral aliens exclusion sion slon and punishment of their procurers pro and punishment of all aU persons trafficking Ir in immoral women alien or born the subject of interstate commerce The report further says Y that t changes dla g gIn in the law are based balled almost entirely on investigations of the Immigration commis cominis commission m moo sion |