As is usual, I'll just deal with the most interesting bits of the proceedings.
The League sends its printed material to other states, and ones that have thanked them include Wisconsin, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland and Minnesota. Of course, it doesn't say who received these materials; where they regular people or politicians?
Then there's a section entitled the Congressional Record, and it lists people presenting petitions. These were presented by the League itself, of course, but also by: California State Federation of Labor; citizens of New York; citizens of San Jose, California; Trades Council; Trades and Labor Assembly of Decater, Illinois; Trades and Labor Council of Danville, Illinois; Central Labor Union of Berlin, New Hampshire; Trades and Labor Council of Appleton, Wisconsin; citizens of Granite, Illinois; citizens of Mansfield and Salem, Ohio, and so on. The list also includes, though, people and groups that were in favor of immigration, like the Jewish Societies of Boston.
In Alabama, a person, I assume a politician, “called attention to the invasion of the Pacific Coast by the Japanese” and that there could be “assaults by Japanese upon white women.” By not against Chinese women? Or black women? Or Native American women? This type of hate material virtually always centered on whites and, if the word assault were used, it was almost sure to be assault against white women.
Another reference to the Anti-Japanese Laundry League.
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