The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-10
Def e ctiv e immigration
Policy Blamed for
Bomb Plots
Secretary Labor Federation
Blames Ignorance of Aliens
for Outrages

Secretary Morrison, Of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, in recent
statement made at Washington, D. c.,
says that the bomb outrages of last
Monday night were due largely to
lack of proper Americanization work
by the people and to the faulty immi-
grafton policy of the United States
This attempted destruction of life
and property should cause calm re-
Election and deliberation rather than
simply an exaggerated state OF ALARM
said Mr.. Morrison. Continuing he
said:
For years the trade union move
ment has urged the restriction Of I'M
migration. but the workers were oD-
posed by steamship companies, the
steel trust and other employers of Ia
Dor who stimulated immigration at
the rate of 100000 persons a year.
Many OF these immigrants were herd
ed in large cities or other industrial
centres. They were encouraged to
use their own language and to per-
petuate traditions Of their mother
country. At election time. in innum-
cradle instances. they were voted en-
bloc. and if they would organize a
trade union. or suspend work to stop
exploitation. they were enjoined.
clubbed. and jailed. This is an old
story in West Virginia, Colorado.
Pennsylvania and elsewhere.
"What can Americanism mean to
those peoplee They do not even un-
derstand our language. To them
Amcricanism means petty boss and
low wages They know nothing of
our theory of government. This
country is now reaping the result of
its immigration policy-or lack of
policy--during all these years.
Bomb throwing is always a chal-
lenge to organized society and should
be met in that spirit. But the ques-
tion must be traced back to it's root
and treated accordingly. American-
ism must be more than a shibboleth.
1t must mean education. opportunity
and social justice for all We must
vitalize our declarations and our be-
liefs that injustice has no place on
soil In this soil. bomb
throwing will wither and die"
Mr.. Morrison has unquestionably
struck the keynote of the situation.
There is certainly no need whatever
in this country for the exercist by
anyone of other than available and
lawful means in order to obtain JUS
tice. Moreover. whenever anyone re-
sorts to anarchistic methods. it clear
ly indicates one of two things, either
that such person is of unsound mind
or that he is utterly ignorant Of
methods and institutions;
he is clearly in urgent
need either of some real Americana
zation work or of CONTINENT in an
insane asylum. As to the particular
persons who have been guilty Of
these recent outrages the law must
unquestionably take its course, for
no sane American can for a moment
rondone actual or attempted MUIR
der; but the evil involved will not
be eliminated or appreciably affect
ed by such action even though every
man directly implicated in these par
ticular outrages be convicted and ex-
ecuted, or doubtless there are in
this country many thousands Of
others just as un-American in their
ideas and just as dangerous to law
abiding citizens as are these few.
We must have thorough, nationwide
work if this terri-
bic danger to society is ever to be