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before Congress came up there for approval by resolution. It was
not even discussed, except very briefly. No opportunity was given
to really discuss it before the assembly committee at all when that
resolution that came to you folks, to which Mr. Box referred, was up.
Finally that resolution would not have gone through then in the
house if it had not been on a trading basis. I believe the resolution
was traded out of the assembly. It went over to the senate and they
had a hearing before the senate committee, and after the senate
committee had heard the arguments both for and against the resolution,
 they voted to tableit. It was not reported out of the committee,
but on the last day of the session, when everybody was busy—you
know the rush that we have in our State legislature at that time,
and everything was wild as could be, it was almost impossible for
anybody to keep track of anything—one of the members introduced
a resolution—introduced a motion to withdraw the resolution from
the committee, and in the rush it was done and the resolution went
through the senate without any argument.
Mr. Box. By a vote of forty some odd to five or six.
Mr. TavLor. Yes, sir; because very few knew what they were
doing. You know how they do there when the legislature comes to
that part of its session. They just vote seriatim without even knowing
the title. They don’t know what they are voting for.
Mr. Esterry. What did they trade the law for?
Mr, TavLor. It was another bill having to do with contract labor
on buildings, something of that kind. I don’t remember the details
of it, but it was something on that order.
Mr. EsterLy. What was the influence behind it?
Mr. Tavior: It was a combination of influences. It was pretty
hard to say, because the influences there were mixed. There was a
labor influence and there were a lot of other things all mixed in there
together. I would have to go back into the history of the thing
really to explain it to you, otherwise I would be glad to do it.
The CralRMAN. You had some trouble out there in California in
regard to contract labor and aliens owning land and aliens in the
school and so on?
Mr. Tayror. Really I don’t know anything about that. I don’t
know to what you refer.
The Cuarrman. I asked if you had some trouble with alien ownership
 of land and aliens in the schools, aliens on contract labor?
Mr. Tavyror. This has nothing to do with that. This was a bill
to prevent anyone but a citizen from ever being employed in any
position at all by the State.
The CHAIRMAN. A good many States have laws to that effect.
Mr. Tavror. Yes; I appreciate that.
Mr. Box. Mexico has that law, has it not?
Mr. Tayror. I don’t know. I am just saying that that was the
situation that made possible the passage of that resolution, and that
did not represent either the fair views of the members of the legislature
or of the people. i . i
The CratrMaN. Now, does the Mexican that is coming into
California these days, fall under the ban of the alien land law of
California?
Mr. Tayiuor. No, I think not.
The CuairMaN. He may buy land?