Title: "Japanese Question Up Again," Seattle Times, 1/7/1909, (ddr-densho-56-137)
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Japanese Question Up Again.

SACRAMENTO, Cal., Thursday, Jan. 7. -- Three bills dealing with the Japanese question will be introduced in the California Assembly. Former Congressman Grove L. Johnson has prepared all of these measures and as floor leader in the Assembly will make a strong fight for their passage. The first prohibits aliens from becoming members of corporations; the second inserts the word "Japanese" in the law regarding the segregation of Oriental school children. The statute at present segregates Mongolians, but as the Japanese allege they do not come under that classification, the race will be specified. The third bill segregates "aliens whose presence may be inimical to the health and public morals" of a community, and while the Japanese are not mentioned specifically, the measure is aimed at them.