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Immigration Opponents, at Washington Meeting, Ask Further Restrictions

January 20, 1928
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(Jewish Daily Bulletin)

Resolutions urging greater restriction of immigrants were adopted at a conference held at Continental Memorial Hall here yesterday, under the auspices of an organization calling itself “Key Men of America.”

The conference was called to oppose the repeal of the National Origins clause in the present immigration law.

Among the speakers at the two sessions yesterday were: Congressman Albert Johnson, Chairman of the House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, Dr. H. H. Laughlin, eugenic expert, and Mrs. W. S. Walker, Chairman National Defense Committee of the D. A. R., Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania, Congressman John A. Box of Texas and William McCarroll, Vice President, New York State Chamber of Commerce. Fred R. Marvin presided.

The conveners of the conference ## that the following organizations were affiliated with them in advocating further immigration restrictions and in ## the conferences Allied ## Societies of New York City. Allied Pat? Societies of Washington American Defense Society American League of Good Will Coalition Committee of Min?igan of the Loyal Legion ## of the Defenders of the Republic Disabled American ## of the World War Immigration ## League of Boston. Immigration Restriction League of Chicago Immigration Study Commission of California, Industrial Defense League of In Sciene des ## Hommes ## Massachusetts public Interests League Military Order of the World War Daughters of the American ## Daughters of the Rev? ## of the Unions ## American Sons of the American ## National Woman’s ## New York State Womenn’s Republican ## Reserve ## Association of the United States ## and United Daughters of ## United States Blood ## of the World War. United States Flag Association ## of Foreign Wars of the United States Woman’s Constitutional League.

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