Labor victory in AFL immigration push on coast
California delegates to the AFL convention report success in three resolutions aimed at keeping Mexicans, Filipinos, and Chinese from entering the Pacific coast and Southwest. They call to abrogate the gentlemen's agreement with Mexico's C. R. O. M. and support a regional quota law.
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Immigration quotas and border policy debate in 1928
The article discusses large Mexican and Chinese immigration, signaling a proposed quota limiting Mexicans to 1557 annually and backing the Welch bill excluding Filipinos. It also targets William N. Smelser for endorsing Chinese quotas amid a Pacific Coast Filipino population estimated above 50,000. December 14, 1928.
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Ee Saaree Gally
Esty Warner
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William N. Smelser
Wrong Man Seeks $500 Damages After Four Days
Benjamin F. Collins urges Massachusetts lawmakers to pay $500 for loss of wages and health impairment after an innocent man served four days in state prison last October before the error was found. He argues $125 per day is fair compensation for each day served.
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Benjamin F. Collins
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