Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-16
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CREATE OFFICE
OF ADDITIONAL
Assistant Secretary Of Labor With
Jurisdiction Over All immigration
Matters, Etc.
Associated Press

WASHINGTON, December 16 -
Creation of an additional office Of
Assistant Secretary of Labor with
jurisdiction over all immigration
matters, deportation of alien draft
slackers and strengthening Of border
patrol service against undesirables,
are among the recommendations made
the immigration Bureau in his annual
report.
Suggestions that immigration be
suspended completely were opposed
by the commissioner on the ground
that it would have an Injurious eff
feet upon our efforts to further Am
erican commerce and enterprise in
foreign countries" Continuance OF
wartime passport wise regulations
and assignment of immigration bur-
eau representatives, at consular offices
to aid in excluding undesirables was
urged instead.
Only two aliens were excluded from
the United States during the fiscal
year on anarchistic grounds, while 81
aliens in the same class were expelled
from the country and 55 are now
awaiting deportation. To reach Am
erican citizens who engage in similar
propaganda, the report urges that
"the acts prohibited by the anarchistie
provisions of the immigration laws
be made criminal offenses..
Deportation is mot punishment for
crime" but merely allows the alien an
archist to change his field of activity,
the report said and added that it was
to be hoped that s'the lot Of the anar-
chist will not so continue, but that by
the common consent of civilized nat
ions something more may be done to
provide for his adequate punishment
as an international out law.s
An additional Assistant Secretary
of Labor, together with larger le-
gal and administrative staff, is rec
commended on the ground that it would
obviate delays now encountered with
in the department. The arrest dur
ing the year of many inadmissible
japanese and Chinese, as well as sew
eral alien enemies, who had been
smuggled into the country, prompted
the proposal to strengthen border pa
troll forces.
"The bureau now has a small force
doing effective work along that line
on the borders of Canada and Mex
leo and on our coasts, but this needs
to be materially increased" the report
said. ''The class of work needs exper-
fenced officers who will devote their
entire time and all their energies to
the task.'
A proposed new immigration law,
submitted by Mr.. Caminetto, would
put the burder of proof of admissib-
ility upon persons seeking to enter the
United States and provide for regis
tration of all aliens and probation
al status for those whose admissible
ity is not clearly established. The
law would add to the excluded class
aliens who practice, advocate, teach
sanction or encourage the extortion OF
money or property aimed at mem
bers of black hand societies.
Commenting upon the number o1
"pictnre brides who have come to
this country from Japan, the report
declared the gentleman's agreement
with that country had mot brought
the degree of restriction which might
have been, and probably was, antici
| pated by those who took part in the
negotiations, "but that this result
''grows out of the terms of the agree
| ment rather than the manner of it:
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