(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
The House yesterday passed two important bills relating to immigration. The first was the bill previously passed in the Senate postponing the national origins plan for another year. The bill will now go to President Coolidge for signature.
A second bill passed by the House provided for the refund of visa fees to those aliens to whom visas were issued after the present immigration law was passed but before the consuls abroad were notified.
At an executive session of the House Immigration Committee yesterday morning, Congressman Jenkins of Ohio submitted a new bill to the committee which would wipe out fifty percent of the quotas now alloted to agriculturists and give this preference to the wives and children of declarants. Under the Jenkins bill this additional fifty percent would be given to these relatives, would be within the quota and would not increase the total immigration to the country.
The Committee discussed the bill at length but no definite decision was reached. The meeting will be continued this morning for further consideration of this bill. It is understood that the possibility is developing that Jenkins’ plan, perhaps with certain modifications, may be accepted, rather than the bills submitted by Congressman Dickstein or MacGregor.
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