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for joining hands with those who Immigration of the American Genetic 

 have the economic aspects of it most at Association resijcctfully urges upon the 

 heart, in the campaign for the better Senate of the United States the impor- 

 regulation of ahcn immigration to our tance of the passage, at the present 

 sho es. This committee, however, has session of Congress, of an Immigration 

 not deemed it within the scope of its Bill similar to that which passed the 

 own work to consider the economic House of Representatives on Feb. 4, 

 aspects of our immigration problem. 1914 (H. R. 6060), embodying provi- 

 On Feb. 4, 1914, the House of Repre- sions which, if enacted into law, would 

 sentatives by a two-thirds vote, passed unquestionably result in a more effective 

 an immigration bill (H.R. 6060) which detection, exclusion and deportation of 

 is essentially the same as that which mentally and physically defective aliens, 

 was vetoed by President Taft. A and in a general improvement in the 

 similar bill is now before the Senate, character of our immigration. 

 Regarding the present legislative situa- Resolved: That copies of these resolu- 

 tion a majority of the Committee has tions be sent to the President of the 

 agreed upon the following resolution: United States, and to the members of the 

 Resolved: That the Committee on Committee on Immigrationof the Senate. 



(Signed) 



Alexander E. Cance, Massachusetts Agricultural College, Amherst, Mass. 



Irving Fisher, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 



Prescott F. Hall, Boston, Mass. 



Robert DeC. Ward, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., Secretary. 



April 24, 1914. 



Association Meeting in August, 1915 



Pursuant to an invitation from the American Association for the Ad\'anccment 

 of Science, the American Genetic Association w^ill hold its next annual meeting in 

 connection with the meeting of the American Association at Berkeley, California, 

 in the week of August 2-7, 1915. The program of the American Genetic Association 

 will occupy a number of half days, to be selected later. Details will be in charge 

 of the chairmen of the three committees on research. 



International Genetics Conference 



September, 1916, has been set as the date for the next International Genetics 

 Congress, and it will be held in Berlin. This is the decision of the international 

 committee which was named at the last conference (in Paris) to select the ])lace of 

 the next meeting. Arrangements for the meeting are being made by a Berlin com- 

 mittee consisting of Dr. Thiel I'^xzellenz (j^resident of the German Gardening Society) 

 chairman; Dr. IBoenisch and Dr. Knicl)e as representatives of the Gemian Minister 

 of the Interior; Dr. Scroter and Dr. Oldenburg as representatives of the Minister of 

 Agric-ulture ; Prof. Dr. Kriiss re])resenting the Minister of I'^ducation; Kammerherr 

 von Freier-Hopi>enrade (President of the German Agricultural Society), Oekono- 

 mierat Hosch (jjresident of the German Breeding As-sociation). L. Kiihle, (rej)re- 

 scnting the Society for the Imj^rovcTnent of German Plant-breeding), Prof. Dr. von 

 Riimker and Prof. Dr. E. Baur. The latter two are in charge of business arrange- 

 ments. The address of the committee is: Berlin N. 4, Invalidenstrasse 42, Kgl. 

 Landwirthsch. Hochschule. 



