Show I BIG STICK SWINGS IN CALIfORNIA I SACR SACRAMENTO MENTO Cal Jan 19 The Tho J Union says President Roosevelt has taken a a. hand handin in tho the Japanese anti le legislation now b before be- be fore the California legislature and ha has I asked tho governor Jo to take tako steps to havo all legislation held up until tho the I I president can be heard in the matter ma In a a. tele telegram am sent Saturday President Roosevelt says Hon James N. N Gillett governor of California Sacra Sacramento CaL Cat We aro are greatly concerned at newspaper newspaper news news- paper reports on Japanese anti lc legislation legisla legisla- sla tion in California Ie legislatureS legislature slature Have written you yon at l length n th on the subject Earnestly hope that no pro progress e g will be rondo made on bills until you have chance to receive my letter and if necessary p to discuss its contents with ith leaders of two to houses My y knowledge of M the international international inter inter- national s situation particularly with reference to emigration of or Japanese la laborers In- In 1 borer borers from United States satisfies mc me th that t passage of proposed legislation would bo ho of or incalculable damage o to the state of California as lS well Tell as to the whole union union U THEODORE ROOSEVELT Governor Go Gillett sent the following reply Telegram ram received Havo vo caused aused hills bills to DO be bo held up until I can hear from you ou Copies of bills introduced affecting Japanese to together with briefs on same annie will t bo be mailed to you Signed J N. N GILLETT What Drew Bill Asks The Drew Drev measure prevents ownership ownership owner owner- I ship of property for more than five years by aliens and this measure wa was reported out of committee yest yesterday favorably fa and was to have havo been passed d l through h the tho assembly It was held up until Wednesday when whoa it was a made mado madea a special order of business According to Governor Go Gillott it will m probably be bep p postponed still further when hen that time arrives Governor Go Gillett sai said I received vod the tho me message fr from m President President dent Roost Roosevelt Saturday evening after dinner and answered after seeing lecin Assemblyman As As- Drew who agreed to await the letter from tho president There is is' this about the tho matter that thatis is not full fully understood Japan Tapan does does' not look Jook to any state in settlement of differences dif dif- lit dif but t to the he head d of th the government gov go OY at Wa Washington hin ton In this way there thore is much known knorn there of which tho the cliff von t communities and states state of tho the union are i ignorant For this reason as stated b by tho the president ho he knows so o much more relative to existing existing exist exist- in ing conditions that his wishes are tobe to tobo tobo bo be respected Besides tho the measure introduced introduce by Assemblyman Drew Denying aliens the right t to own lands in this state Assemblyman Grovo Grove L. L Johnson has introduced in in- in I two to bills affecting Japanese i The Tho first of the these o specifies Japanese inthe in inthe I Ithe the already existing act ut which segregates segre e gates oates Mongolian and Chinese in the tho public schools At the time of the famous school controversy controversy con con- the Japanese declared that tho the act did not apply to them as the they refused to be classed a 3 05 Mongolians Tho The second measure introduced by Johnson seeks to prevent an alien from becoming a R director in a corporation Johnson also planned to introduce a measure similar lar to the Drew bill |