711.945/1062: Telegram
The President of the America-Japan Society (Kaneko) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 25, 1924—10:47 a.m.]
For consideration President Coolidge. The America-Japan Society, which has always taken the deepest interest in maintaining the friendly relation between the United States and Japan, hereby appeals to the President and through him to the members of Congress and the American people, for, should the discriminatory clause in the immigration bill be passed in the Congress, the friendly and amicable relation existing between the two countries ever since the opening of Japan will be seriously jeopardized and bring about a most lamentable result. While we understand fully the necessity of restricting the number of alien immigrants to the United States for her national welfare and are willing to submit to any restriction if applied to all [Page 385] nations alike, we do ask your consideration on the discrimination clause which is a great and important question for Japan’s honor. Therefore, we earnestly request you will endeavor to postpone the passage of the discriminative clause for the moment and find some method by which to solve this perplexing problem reasonably and satisfactorily for the two countries.