The lack of emigration rules and regulations allowed Japan to argue for a temporary halt to emigration to Hawaii in its quest to prevent passage of a Japanese exclusion act.

As the numbers of Japanese in California increased, there were increasing calls for Japanese to be excluded, as the Chinese had been excluded in 1882 with the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Wayne Patterson

All this had been accomplished without giving the appearance of bullying Korea that could raise questions in the United States about Japan's true intentions. In short, Japan could plausibly cite humanitarian concern for the welfare of overseas Koreans that would on the surface appear to be legitimate.

Wayne Patterson

This anticipated package of spending should go a long way to saving lives and helping make the back-bone of our economy still more efficient.

Wayne Patterson