The Jewish outlook., 1905-09-15

without her husband, One of my sons is
TO be married and | would like this daugh-
ter to be present at the wedding. ms
seems to have been given an additional
reason, but appellant herself apparently
knew nothing of said additional reason. The
case was heard on it's merits and the Board
of Special Inquiry concluded that she ana
her children were persons who were likely
to fall a charge on the public and accord
ingly voted two for her exclusion and one
for her admission. The case was then made
subject to appeal. l gave appellants most
patient hearing and during the time they
were in my Office | observed that the chill
drens faces were shOckingly blemshed by
masses of running sores, which caused me to
send the children to the doctors office, feel
ing, as | did that the trouble had probably
developed and made itself manifest subse-
Quent to the original examination given
them. Dr. StOner personally came to me.
and said that. while the sores were undoubt-
eddy contagious. they were due to tempo
rary i'll condition of the blood, but he did
not regard the cause as being organic and
thought that it would yield to treatment in
due course of time. In view OF this state
ment by the surgeon in charge. | male no
reference TO their physical appearance but
allowed the case to stand solely on the rec
ord made before the Board of Special In
qniry. | then thought that they should be de-
ported. | have not since had any reason what
ever to regard that as mistaken view. l
note that mass meetings are likely to. be
held" with view to calling attention to the
mal-administraton of this station, and the
necessity for such a course is alleged to ex-
list because of a case which is typical OF
great many such cases occurring here. the
same being the subject of a newspaper clip
ping attached to the communication in ques-
ton. On reading this communication sent
for the representative of the United He
brew Charities. who is daily present at Ellis
Island, who has a corps of assistants, who
is given access to all records. and to all de-
tentiOn rooms. and is given every facility
relatives and friends of aliens detained here,
and asked him what his view of such
a letter. He replied: Il do not identify my
self with a single sentiment expressed
therein, and as regards the newspaper clip
ping, | wish to state that at the time it APP
peared first | sent copy of it to the preSi-
dent of the United Hebrew Charities, and.
shortly notwithstanding that the society
might misunderstood the NATTER wrote
letter to the preSiden. of the society, copy
of which | should be glad to give YOU"
Copy attached) | think the testimony OF
this official is entitled to far more credence
by the Bureau than the remarkable and un-
worthy statements of E H. In view
of the tendency of certain NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of New York City-to cast aspersions on
the official management of this station, |
deem it necessary in this connection to refer
to one two similar cases. The same news
paper from which the enclosed clipping
was taken published an equally sensational
article on Wednesday last. setting forth that
very pretty little woman ana her two chill
dren were being arbitrarily deported be-
cause she was short of stature: that her
husband had spent several hundred dollars
in preparing a home for them and had fur
nished it very neatly and comfortably thus
planning q great surprise for the wife and