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IMMIGRATION BILL MUST CHANGE FORM House Measure Rejected By Senat* Committee By Score Of Five to Four Washington, Feb. 10.?A substi tute for the house immigration bil designed to restrict rigidly immi gration from European countries but leaving in status quo the treat: and agreements affecting admis sibles from Japan and China as wel as the existing regulations betweei the Americans was taken up todaj by the senate immigration commit tee. Previously the committee hac voted 5 to 4, to reject the housi bill, under which Europeans ant Asiatics alike would have been ex eluded for one year. The committee probably will ap prove the substitute tomorrow witl minor amendments and report it U the senate. Several sections, however, wer< still in dispute tonight. One of thes< was that fixing the number of ad missibles from any of the affectec countries at 5 per cent of their citi zens already residing in the Unitet States. Some committee member who voted in favor of the house bil declared tne percentage wuuiu w. reduced to 1, 2 or 3 per cent., am announced they would seek t< amend it in that manner when il was taken in the senate. The section affecting Asatics al so was opposed by several commite< members who contended that it* language was loose In constructor They said the section should b< more precisely stated, particularlj that part referring to exemptioni allowed aliens "coming from coun which i< IIIUO) UUiUlgl WV4VI* * ? ? now regulated in accordance wit} treaties or agreements or to aliens coming from the'socalled Asiatic barred zone." Another section which was in dis pute was that defining the wore "alien". Those who advocated th< strictest possible prohibition favor' ed substituting "naturalized citi zens" for "aliens" on the ground that the 5 per cent admissions would bo less, if based on the formei rather than on those who had not taken out naturalization papers. TVp miiTwtitute measure is consid ered by Senator Colt, of Rhode Is land, chairman of the committee and co-author of the bill, as an emergency instrument which would not affect the pending program foi permanent immigration legislation. Washington, Feb. 10.?The bill eliminating immigration for one year which had passed the house was killed in the senate committee [this afternoon by a vote of five tc | four. The only Southern Democral on the committee, Senator Harris |,?f Georgia, voted for the bill. The fate of the bill was generallj [predicted. It is reported that the [racial groups which elected Warrer G. Hading to the presidency espe ciall the German and Italian, de< manded the death of the bill. "I wil! endeavor to secure the report ol some bill," said Senator Harris to> night, "but I am not optimistic. The | Republicans are determined thai [nothing be presented contains teeth." as long is i( Washington, Feb. 10.?Figures Iwere laid before the house immigra tion committee today by the public I health service to show that out oi 110,002 immigrants who arrived al lEllis Island in the last six rnqnthi )f 1920 and who, the health servic( [certified as unable to earn a living Ibecauseof disease or physical defett 19,799 were admitted by immigratior loffiicals. The figures as presentee lalso showed that out of 112 person; Ir?ar+ifip/l nc havinc mental defects 150 were admitted and that out oJ |536 persons classed, as having loath |some or contagious diseases, 16' rere allowed to land. Surgeon General Cutrtming wh< resented the figures said such ad rissions had had a "bad effect" 01 le morale of the public health ser ice. The committee obviously impress ad bv the surgeon general's testi lony, at the close of its sessio] sent a telegraphic request to Dr. J Kerr public health official at El lis Island, to appear before it. A complete automatic telephom bystem is planned for communica pon between the dams and hydrau ic works under construction alonj ie Ohio River. Whe Whe dc , mi 'phone 10 fc er with him.... advertisemei the bus Ad Whe yc ad Call o\ An < / : rour Business a To min in your motor * little more gas. :n the sweet c< >n't thrive you Dfe water-mor / ver tising The Boi in your volume >u desire stimul Ivertising nic of..... ewspapt Ml llllll IIM I UMI? car climbs a hill vol o >rn and 'taters in y< give them e fertilizer. * \ / is the I a little n Fire ler ot Busin ^ of business falls she ate your sales thru ; >r a representative it in This paper v iiness Your way. i give her ',31 M "J :"A 4 den >ur gain lore care under ess >rt of what newspaper and talk it i i rill bring