Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1924-02-10 | Page 31 | Immigration Law, Question

ON LAW V QUESTION WASHINGTON Feb 9 Pres Present nt call for tor the house houe to consider the Johnson Immigration bill 0 as soon 1 ns as It disposes of t tax x legisla leista- legislation tion Chairman Johnson Johnon of ot the tho Immigration committee tode toda file I 1 Ift II ft report on 01 the measure signed by 14 u committee members Die Die- views vicas will III ill be presented b three other members member Pointing out that tho the present three pet pei cent la lea based on the 1910 census expires Juno 30 next the report declared thel e was Im im- im immediate I mediate and urgent need for tor enact enact- enactment enactment ment mont of ot immigration Immigration legislation The Tho Th com committee mitt la to I d advised the report continued that that the num num- number her ber of ot alien aliens desiring to enter the United States Is la very cry ery large largo It I is reasonable to assume that t despite unta exchange rates high steamship tariffs and other unto unto- untoward untoward ward vard factors an Immigration of be- be betseen l be-l cen 1 and 2000 have havo entered the United during each of the past two ears It if the three per cent law had hadnot hadnot hadnot not barred the way It If the three per cent law Is per per- permitted permitted per permitted to expire and It no other legislation Is enacted the move move- movement movement ment to our shores hores of o tho the migration of peoples In the history ot of the world may be expected to begin July 1 I 1924 Th The clauses ot of the act of ot February 6 5 1917 will b be powerless Such Such a e situation should not be permitted to arise arle The Tho country de- de demand demands de demands mands mand the restriction re of Immigration Immigration tion The public demand Is to not only ol for tor restriction but for more rigid and more effective restriction I than that Imposed at present I op 00