Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-20
PROBLEMS FACING nation
REQUIRE DRASTIC ACTION
Bills In Congress Aim at American.
fzatfon OF Aliens and Restriction
OF Immigration Flow.
MANY AGITAToRs AT WORK
Foreign Shoutcrs and Rcvolutionarios
Not Standing Alone in Their Rcck.
lcssncss but Being Supported by
American Citizens.
ny. J. FRED EssAnY.

ny. J. FRED ESSARY.
WASHINGTON. Oct ls.-The Amer,.
! caniZation OF the alien workers In this
Eountry and the deportation OF ali
ship papers is now regarded In Wash.
,,i1 !, must IS; be done toward Inc solu:
lens which the nation has ever faced
And that Congress Is moving slowly
t gu, Win grim dstermina,ion in that
posed which would bar the undeslr.
able allen from our shores. on tho
those already arrived who are actual
or potential enemies; on the other.
,n rsHss c e .hs biz! how
a year the wartime passpor, restric.
serous aliens waiting on tho other
through tho barriers. There 10 The
pm recurring every alien now on
those who fail to register and who
may BIO discovered. be summariiy de.
ported.
Drastic Immis ration Bills.
immigration bills. every one Of them
drastic drastic, In their provisions. in one
S Se ysa tha. al Immigration should
from The proclamation or peace. I'm
every quarter OF Congress there Is the
S cos,r,c that Immigration should TIC
only those aliens DC admitted who ex.
peel 10 stay and whom the country
foreigner who has yet to arrive mi
n Is giving the government profound
distance by the mere stroke OF y n nsn
II need be. but the foreigner who has
ga,neu admittancc to this country aud
, Tno c1 nor.nItn to the revolu.
throughou, every Industrial center is
VINO ne r mus, menace y. ace, nnd lie is The man
America Is for Americans: That this
government has both the power and
tns,a T'' ira TO- defend tselr against in.
as nation vii! not suffer itself To-
be paraiyzed or demoralized bv ),
er u.oe cd Stained Or %'ldns o, Ions haired
cendiarics. Bolshev.sis or would b..
world savers VIC
n ~ more law is needed by the gov.
Sf nnn TO bring this about. then
law But II it is merely na,,er .' ~ =
enloteihg TO the last syllable and let :
Ter the law already on the statutc
books. Congress viii demand thai his
enforcement proceed and proceed mer
f fhe Nobody who is familiar with
6nnh; enper OF that body can be in
uouot ior minute as to the anxiety
whlch IS felt there and as 10 the de-
n,t,nn "i ION on its part to protect the
BENZ fa ,noni me radicalism which is
oei"s iomehted by allen aCitators
unnnturnlixed strikers.
Every member or the Seu.,. .,.,,
.hEestiEnting committee who went
esme hly. into the strike districts
that there would have been no Sill. !.
~ steel workers IL it had not been
LOT inc alien influences which we're
In that industry. These con,mi,,on
men found that the great majority of
III. me ,c strikers were unnaturallzed for.
ica 10 make their living here. bur who
mad not enough interest in the co mno
. They eS 9 feSHg m G,1izens Of i.
strike district. scores OF alien ari
tators were at work. most OF ,hsm
n noi and i. out Bolshevisis WHO arc bent
workers. but upon wreckinc ' th. s sa.
drmment OF the United States. noon
oe,stiroying property rights. and upon
amari k UP ne" order OF society in
was found. also. that these all,
s sunutsrs a ana revolutionists are not
resksssness rh heS S ans'd s.I0r :" her
comfort and supper, by many rI AMEN 9,sen
h ia s., themselves, by radical Journals,
asdit harter revolutionis,s and by other
risht OF free speech to nre.ch 'neiI
p,ragt'ce doctrines which would Land
'hem III laii in time OF war. '""'
~, niay not be as easy 10 deal win
s,ieo Of This sort as with the
Ihn enethieS OF the country. but once
i'at The native asitators will suhsid.
~ is the alien class anywav
encouraged 10 do the dirty work re
ii,t1y. INC criminal. TO do the bomb
o,rIu 'ns anu the numbering. The
r TOT upliitcrs haven't the courac. IN
nrcfcr aiu XII or SCI killed. They
n,G.cI 10 nave the imported terroriS is
Tor the cause" 'u' Work
Attitude OF Government.
The important thing ,u., ~
shat The attitude of toleIanc. 90 rs
p PR oi The government towara ne ne
,Un'estiC enemies seems to b. .h.,a
i ns 10 one or beiligercncy Mppifesis
h od TINS may be found on So
g., 'h; ne mass OF legislation pcndinc
sjpnit,,.uu;,i cct!on is perhaps the most
the nrrsnn, eee,elopnIent, Then there is
men, nni OF Justice for more sweepins e.,
TIE a.i"n and prosecution
4, -. ihuuStrlal conference ia ,ddI,r
;,g,,, voice TO thohe already IifinI
rr, n"ss me Reds. This is partici,I.rIv
a GROIN 'nE ~, ihbor group in that BODY
tba, ~, wnich admits with frankneSs
ahens, are breaking down tb,, Hr are
~, authority OF the federal in,, 80
,ea men. The conscrvativ. ,at,er
ne assert with evident en- rne.I
tic m,s, me employers and the nun
10 tba sVe their unstlntod support
aSter Is to DO avoided I'm iris ,ai us
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