Word: restrictive
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...believed in Washington that if the Dawes report is soon accepted in Europe and if the bill for the eight new cruisers is passed, the President would call a new arms limitation conference to set limits on lighter vessels and air craft. The present treaties restrict only craft of more than 10,000 tons. With eight new 10,000-ton cruisers authorized, we could go to such a conference prepared to bargain by giving up something. Otherwise, we should go to such a conference asking other nations to limit their cruiser strength, but with no similar sacrifice to offer...
...bill to restrict immigration which carries a provision excluding all immigrants not eligible to citizenship (that is, Japanese; other Orientals had been previously barred out) was approved by both House and Senate and sent to the President. The provision making the Japanese exclusion clause effective July 1 (which had been altered by the joint conference to March 1, 1925, at the request of the President) was restored at the demand of the House (TIME, May 19). Thus the bill was passed. Congress. Both houses wanted the Japanese exclusion section made effective almost immediately-regardless of the President's demand...
Senator Willis, big Ohio Republican, proposed an amendment to restrict passage of residents of Canada and Mexico across the borders. "What does it amount to," cried he, "to shut and padlock the front door and leave the back door open?" The Senate, 60 to 12, refused to recognize the force of his interjection. Said Pennsylvanian Reed: "This is absolutely unnecessary.* This is unwise if we are to pay any atten- tion to the Pan-American idea." And Senator Fess (from Ohio, like Mr. Willis) cautioned: "It will disturb our relations."; New Mexican Bursum added : "We had $200,000,000 trade...
...agreement does not extend to the Hawaiian Islands, but practically identical measures restrict Japanese passports to these islands...
Such an outcome was not unexpected. To deprive local communities of the privilege of issuing tax-exempt bonds, would restrict their borrowing power. This would cut down public building projects and seriously affect local political patronage...