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 State Is Acting Wil 

 Rights. 



TWO HOUSES MEET \ 

 AFTER SECRETARY 



Washington and Arizon 

 sue in Secret Ses: 

 Assembly. 



SACRAMENTO, CaL. Ap 

 second executive session 

 fornia Assembly, which 

 o'clock this afternoon, 

 Johnson practically defied 

 administration and madi 

 which some of the membei 

 ized as an insult to the 

 authorities. 



He reiterated that Califo 

 purpose doing- anything in 

 antiallen legislation more 

 tory against the Japanes 

 Federal Government had 

 dent for. 



It is reported that the G 

 ther remarked that the 

 would be justified in going 

 its proposed antialien legi 

 Stating hi3 position to the 

 Gov. Johnson said, in part: 

 "The bill proposed for pas 

 California Legislature can < 

 just criticism from tho nati 

 istration, nor from any for 

 Here in California it is r.ji 

 of whether tho Japanese 

 takes offense at what w 

 whether we give that Gove 

 cause for offense. 



"I do not believe that tl 

 law prohibiting land ow 

 aliens who are ineligible t«. 

 gives the Japanese just cat 

 ing offense. 



"If their dignity is thres 

 should have protested 

 j ton and Arizona passed law 

 ' that wh ich we now probUjjj 



