Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-07 | Page 4 | Chinese Protest Labor Rulings

CHINESE lADD HUliNGS SAN FRANCISCO Dec Dee 7 l AP AP- AP Protesting against recent rulings of ho tho department nt of labor which it asserts are inimical to the tho Interests of f Chinese ni merchants the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent association otherwise l known as as' as the Chinese Six Companies sent gent telegrams to President Co Coolidge W ge and other high government o officials yesterday Th The organization charges that during the past month immigration officials have treated atC Chinese merchants mer- mer chants chants hants traveling to and from this eo country r. r as temporary residents re refusing reusing re re- fusing using to issue certificates of reentry icen- icen try ry to them wh when n they leave the This is contrary to time-honored time practice the organization asserts The Chinese exclusion law of 1924 they hey claim protected Chinese merchants mer- mer chants hants their wives and nd minor children children chil- chil dren ren already in in the country by terming them permanent residents ts and nd giving them the right to leave and nd return to this country without interference This alleged violation of the rights of or these merchants it was said aid in tho the telegrams is resulting in n the utter disruption of all effort efort ef- ef ort fort toward the fostering of commercial corn com mercial mercia 1 relations between the two com I countries