THE NATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 
June 30, 1924, and we advocate the issuance of certificates of arrival 
to those aliens who entered the country before July 1, 1924, and 
who can present satisfactory evidence that they are not subject to 
deportation. We oppose, however, any project for the compulsory 
registration of all aliens in the United States, believing that such 
a system would be accompanied by undue hardships for large 
numbers of law-abiding aliens who are leading useful lives, would 
entail large expenditurcs for the federal government, and would be 
of doubtful success for its chief purpose, of establishing the facts as 
to aliens who may be offenders against our laws. (Resolution, 
Fourteenth Annual Meeting, 1926.) 
IMMIGRATION 
To a number of situations arising under the immigration law 
there should be immediate attention. We believe that imposition 
of the head tax upon travelers and tourists causes hardships which 
are unnecessary, and advocate amendment of the law to permit 
entrance into the United States of travelers and tourists who remain 
for no more than sixty days without the payment of this tax. 
Humanitarian considerations cause us to urge that children of 
American citizens, when the children are between eighteen and 
twenty-one years of age the parents of American citizens, when the 
parents are over fifty-five years of age, and widowed mothers of 
American citizens, regardless of the age of such mothers, should be 
admitted to the United States regardless of the quota. 
We think it inappropriate to extend the principle of the quota 
to Mexico, and we believe that, for the proper administration of 
the immigration law, immigration visas should be treated as separate 
and distinct from passport visas in the discussions which may occur 
with foreign governments respecting passport visas. (Resolution, 
Fifteenth Annual Meeting, 1927.) 
INSURANCE* 
SPECIAL INSURANCE TAXES 
Special state taxes now levied on policy-holders through insur- 
ance companies should not be considered as a source of general 
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* See also: Fire Prevention. 
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