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Show VEILED THREAT MADEBY JAPAN SENATE GOES INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO CONSIDER JAPANESE MOVE I Senators View Hanihaias Note on Exclusion in Light of Insult; In-sult; Johnsc-i Raps Hughes' Stand Washington. On motion of Senator Sena-tor Lodge, Republican leader, the senate went into executive session Monday to consider the Japanese ex: elusion provision of the immigration immigra-tion bill. Because of the delicacy of the international in-ternational question involved, the senate leader took the position that the debate should not proceed in the open. Japan has made a protest againrt the exclusion question, couched in vigorous terms, but Republican senators sen-ators appeared to believe Monday that an exclusion clause would be adopted. The house approved a similar sim-ilar provision by a vote of more than four to one. There was only a brief exchange on the subject before the galleries 1 were cleared and the senate doors swung shut. Senator Lodge said, in making his motion that the question ; was one that should be considered I privately, and he replied in the affirmative af-firmative xvhen Senator Robinson, the j Democratic floor leader, askel , whether the motion had been made becaus-e the matter related to foreign ; relations. ! Senator Swanson (Dem.) of Vir- ! ginia insisted that there should be ; an understanding as to whether the motion would preclude subsequent debate on the subject on the open fioor, but Senator Lodge said the senate mu-t decide that question af- ' ter it went into executive sTssion. , After an executive session lasting . three-quarters of an hour, Senator Lodge withdrew his moti.m to con- . sidcr the matter in executive cession and the discussion then proceeded in open sfs.-ion. Chairman Lodge announced that members were left free to vote as they pleased on the exclusion amen i-n-.ent which has been oftered by Sen- ; ator Shortridge (Rep.) of California, nnd which is similtar to the provision of the bill passed by the house Saturday. Sat-urday. While no formal ar.nour.cctr.cr-'. was made, sxin.e senators said the conference had gor.e on record in ' favor of a basic quota of 1 per cent in 1110 census. I; also approved the amen.in-.cn'. by Senator Kee l (Kcp.) of Pennsylvania which would make the quotas basc.l on origin of nationalities nation-alities of the whole population and limit the yearly total to O.OoO. The action -f the convro.ee is in no way binding on the senators who participated. They nu-r.bcrol forty-one of the fi:'ty-one members of the majori'y. None of the Kc-publican Kc-publican ins-jrgent group attended. |