Monday, Apr. 28, 1924
The Legislative Week
The Senate: Reaffirmed the principle of Japanese exclusion by 71 to 4 on a roll call supplementary to the viva voce vote that denounced the "Gentlemen's Agreement" with Japan.
P:Passed (62 to 6) the Immigration Bill, with a quota basis of 2% of the 1890 census and an amendment limiting immigration (after 1927) to an annual total of 150,000.
The House: Appropriated $1,000,000 for the relief of drought-stricken farmers in New Mexico.
P:Passed the Ketcham Bill instructing the Department of Agriculture to collect and disseminate information on agricultural production, competition and demand in foreign countries, to promote the sale of American farm products abroad, and to enable the American farmer to adjust his crops to world needs.
P:Passed appropriation bills for the Departments of Justice, Commerce and Labor, totalling $64,500,000, including $1,200,000 to prevent smuggling aliens across the Canadian and Mexican borders.
P:Appropriated $1,500,000 to fight the hoof and mouth disease in Cali- fornia and other Pacific Coast States.
P:Sent the Immigration Bill to joint conference of the House and Senate Immigration Committees.