Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-05
SAVED BY PRESIDENT
FROM BEING DEPORTED
Proceedings in Case of lipa
Pocziwa Suspended
terested in Story.

NEW YORK, August 0.-The wave OF
sympathy stirred up by the publication
in the World of the story Of eight-year-
old Lipa PocZiwa, who was to have been
deported to Russia because he had never
seen a human being except his mother
before starting for this country, caused
the President of the United States yester-
day to direct that the childs deportation
be postponed indefinitely.
The case of the little fellow. whose ex-
treme shyness and seeming backwardness
caused the marine surgeons at the immi-
grafton bureau to pronounce him an i'm
beetle, was brought to the attention Of
President Taft in Beverly, Mass, We'd
nesday.
Story Interests President.
After reading the story in the World
and listening to an exposition of the
legal side of the case prepared by John
l.. Jordan of this city, attorney for the
boys father. and presented through the
efforts of Representative Bennett, the
President caused telegram to be sent
to the Department of Commerce and La
Dor in Washington directing that all
further action in the matter be sus-
pended.
This it is believed. means that the
case will go before Secretary Nagel OF
the Department Of Commerce and Labor
on his return from Alaska and that he,
after an investigation, will exercise the
discretionary power vested in him to re-
view the reports of the marine surgeons.
When that has been done. Mr.. Jordan
last night said he was sure that little
Lipa Pocziwa would be permitted to
enter this country, and that the happi-
ness of the family would be preserved.
Only one instance is on record where
a report of the marine surgeons has been
reviewed and the person who otherwise
would have been deported has been adj
mitted to this country.
Set by Straus.
That precedent was set by Oscar
StIaus when he was Secretary of the
Department of Commerce and Labor. 1t
was the case of an immigrant who Sec
rotary Straus believed had been improp-
erly debarred owing to the inability of
the medical officers at Ellis Island to
make as complete an examination in the
time at their disposal as the case de-
manded.
The mother, who brought the boy here
to rejoin her husband after an absence
of i've years, and the father were over
jOyed when they heard of tie action of
lie fTeSluenL.
To have sent the litle fellow back to
Russia ale he would have meant his early
death, MS mother felt assured. because
there was no one in Russia to look after
him. For her to have returned with him
would have meant the breaking up for
ever of the Pocziwa family and the
bringing to naught Of the hard work OF
five years that the husband and father,
Benjamin Pocziwa, had put in building a
home In his adopted country for the wife
and children he had been compelled
til. ough poverty to leave behind him in
Russia.
Widespread Interest Taken.
Some idea Of the widespread interest
that has been taken in this case may
be formed said Mr.. Jordan last night,
from the fact that l have received clip
pings from newspc pers almost all over
the United States that have reprinted the
story of the unfortunate little lad as
told in the World.
The )ostmastCr in Passaic after read
ing about the ] tie fellow and learning
that the father was resident of that
city offered his aid, and many COM
patriots OF Pocziwa have agreed to con-
tribute to the expense of procuring =