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11/17/23. Page 11 mians may know their basio rights; Congress may freely rule as te who may become citizens of thie country, and who may not. A State may properly base its own legislative attitude upon such ruling. Congress has excluded Japanese, Chinese and Malays from California's alien land law is not discriminatory on the basis of race, for it forbids, fron land-ownership or lease, all persons of whatever race who have not deolared their intention of becoming citizer Phis, of course, automatically exoludes those peoples who are forbidden citizenship by act of Congress, Nor does our State law conflict with the American-Japaness treaty, since said treaty does not expressly give tne Japanese the right to own or lease American land, Finally. to quote from the decision a point repeatedly urged by the Hearst Newspapers; "It is obvious that one who is not a citizen, and cannot be- eome one, Laoke am interest in and the power to effectually work for the welfare of the state *** If one incapable of oitizenahip may leage or own real estate, it is within the realm of possibility that every foot of land within the State might pass to the ownership or possessior of non-citizens". ~ it No argument gould be more compelling. But /is an argument no longer - it is law. Two decisions are yet pending. One bears on the right of F—1108