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Show MAY BAR ALIENS ONE MORE YEAR House Committee Thinks People Favor Restricting Immigration "WASHINGTON', Keb IS. Advocating Advocat-ing the extension for another year of the three per cent restrictive Immigration Immi-gration law. i hJ house immigration committee In a report laid before the house today declared tho people of the United Satcs wero demanding continuance of the act after Its expiration ex-piration June 30. "or something more restrictive." Tills view, however, was challenged by two members of the committee, ' Kepi i s nlatlve Slegel. Itepubllran, New York, and Sabbath. Democrat, Illinois, who contended the "Quota law is Inhuman and contrary to tho hlsheut Amerloun ideals." Representative liox. Democrat. Texas Tex-as called the bill a makeshift The report of tho majority, prepared pre-pared by Chairman Johnson, declared that "many of the mishaps attendant upon the Institution of the 3 per cent law would not ocmr during its extension." ex-tension." The law Is now functioning smoothly, smooth-ly, causing a minimum of hardship, the report stated. The commute-I commute-I Called attention to other countries en-I en-I acting 'strong, sharp restrictive, immigration im-migration net? made nc'i'Miiri bv ih -j fact that most of central Kurope, all of Asia Minor and much of Kuada are on the move ns a result of the distress .irul collapse following the great war " |