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Show 1 PROTEST AGIST I 1II1TI0N BlU HH European Countries Repre-HH Repre-HH senled at Hearing Held by Kg Taft in White House. mm opposition at. home BB President Will Read Briefs BB Before Making- Up His HH Mind as to Veto. HH WASHINGTON. Feb. G. AVheu Pres- HB idcnt Taft xnve a hearing1 today upon HUn ike now immigration bill ho also had Hh before him protests from Germany, HmM Italy and Tho Netherlands against the provision -which authorizes the sccro- BhB tary of commorco and labor to placo BUI inspector, matrons and public health HB pcrvico surgeons Aboard immigrant fchips to reuort to -Amorican immijrra- HH lion authorities upon tho condition and BBB treatment of immigrants on route. HH Protest From Austria. HflB Another protest from Austria is said MB to h& on tliQ way and intimations havo HK been received that Franco and England HBI wU .loin, the protest. All tho protest- BK inr nations arc said to regard tho pro-vision pro-vision as an infringement of their HnU sovereignty over their ships on tho BjMW high sens and impugning tho faith of jHZf their officials in the execution of the HMfl immigration law6. HH Many prorainont .lews arrived hore Km today to protest to tho president BflB against certain feature? of the bill. HH Acts as Judge. Kofi President Taft heard the protests in Bum the east room of tho Tvhite house, BBS vrhero bo sat at a large tablo stacked HSB Mrith book3 and papers. He told those HBJa appearing that ho was virtually sit jiHt ting as a judge. Senators 0 'Gorman HOB and Hoot, Secretary Nagol, Popresenta- jjKJ tives Roberts, Thayer. Ivabn, Sabbath HH and Curley. and Julius Hosenwald of HB9 Chicago and Louis Marshall of New BBKb Vork wero among h. hundred or more of thoso seated about the president, Ml who began the hearing -with an an- H&fl iiouncoment. BMC "Tho burden is upon thoso vrbo op- Hi pose tho bill," eaid the president, "it SjDj requires a very strong showing to in BHfl duce the executivo to override the action of both houses of congress." AH Jurist Is Heard. HH Harrv Olson, chief Justice of the Chl- B ca.;o municipal court, representing clti- HU r.ens of Scandinavian descent and also HHf the Appoclatlo.n of Foreign Language Uajf Newspapers of the United States, spoke HI In opposition to the bill. Hn "More Important than the literacy Hal te6t," said he, "Ik the Waascrman test of HH P. S, Kalzonbach of Trenton. X. J.. MB representing tho Junior Order of United HJE American Mechanics, said that It would Hm not kffP out those persons who would be mm desirable citizens, but would bring: in a H very much better clans. Hi Representative) Curly of Massachusetts Hm Presented a petition, which ho said bore HI ,le signatures of 500.000 American cltl- HS sent:, who opposed the bill. H President Taft, at tho conclusion of ar- Hl zttments. said ho would read any briefs HC filed before making his decision whether HJ to approve or veto the bill. |