Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-24
THINKS j. s. NEEDS
.. WORLDS MILLIONS
John E. Mi|hoI|and Opposes All
Drastic Attempts to Re-
= strict immigration.
NO DANGER. HE HOLDS.
OF BECOMING CROWDED
Objects Especially to Literacy Test
Feature of Bill Now Before
the President.

York. VIII. wa- IN Washington Lass.
night. expressed tr,'lg ais opposition :"
the ium.sr.4 tion bill within is now await
ng the signature Of the President. lie
aims that his opposition is ''funda-
Mental. and that it Includes the entire
measure. rot merely the iteracy test,
which, in the course of IN Interview. came
for some satiricai observations on his
part about a nation that deliberately
allows four millions Of its own white and
black children to grow up in Grass isnor-
snce setting up educational tests for the
rest o. the world
Mir Mi.hclland had been requested by
the Friends of Russian Freedom TO
.ppear before President Wilson at the
hearing Friiay. but was unable 10 he mere
n time. Added interest is given To his
Few because. while supervising the i'm
..ligration at Ellis Island. he received the
most emf hattie approval ire Mr. row
DERBY and other labor leaders of that
me for the manner in which he con-
,iucted his office. His organization ot
ne contract labor bureau was conceded
he wholesale imrc rtati"n of foreign la,
'nor for strike breaking purposes ana
,owering OF the wage standard
Guarantee of the Future.
Yes" he said TO d representative "i
NThe star, Il was supervising inspector
o. immigration at New YORK under
President Harrison: it is the only pub
lie position that | ever held. In CO.
operation with Col Weber and Gen
O'Reiernp the business was organized
on a federal basis. There it remains
J took the place with some haZy no
lions on the subject, but a strong
know nothing inclination toward re-
striction In less than six months l
-ealiZed that one of the greatest as
sets of the republic was the fresh
blood and Drawn, the strong nerve ana
lear brain that comes to us from the
old world. 1t is our salvation, guar
antee of our future. the basis OF ma
terial progress and abiding patriotism,
for these men become Americans from
choice, not by mere accident of birth
They appreciate the republic because
they know what tyranny means That
is why Dernbergs and Riders propa-
ganda here for Prussian militarism is
practically without effect even among
the great mass of German Americans.
They know the value of free institu-
lions. they know all about 'conscrip-
tlon' and they believe in the reign OF
the common people.
Instead of devoting energy to the
restriction of immigration beyond the
: lines of ordinary common sense, We
shouId grapple with the real solution OF
the problem, which is all summed up
+. one word-distribution. That is the
whole story. Distribute the newcom-
ers properly and the immigration ques-
zion becomes as dead az the Doges Of
Venice. Don't drop them all down in
It's seaboard cities, as has been done
with SO many of the Jews, in New York
especially, with its Little italy,
Chinatown New Hungary and all
that sort of thing, nor form settle
ments of Poles, Hungarians. Russians.
Scandinavians or any other nationality.
either in the mining regions or else
where, as was done in the old days of
the contract labor evil, but scatter
them throughout the country judi
ciously. so that the states can have a
fair chance to digest and assimilate
all who may come over the seas.