The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1919-01-15
JOBS FOR ALL FOE
OF B0L-SHEvISM
Labor Director Tells Of Danger
Of Unemployment.
SKILLED HELP IN DEMAND
Federal Restrictions on immigration
is Urged Before House Committee.
Believes Hundreds of Thousands
May Come.

Washington, Jan. 15.-Telling the
house Immigration committee that un-
employment is the parent Of Bolshe-
| vism, John B. Densmore, director gen.
eral of the United States employment
service, urged federal restrictions as
immigration from Europe in order that
present labor difficulties may not be
further complicated
Every step" he said, must be tax.
en- to eliminate unemployed and there
by radicaism, T. W Wism and Bolshe-
vism'
DenSmore told the committee the
employment situation at present is
fairly healthy. with demand for labor
still in excess of supply in a majority
of the states. He explained, however,
that to date only about % per cent
of the army is demobilized, and said
that to retain industrial contentment,
immigration must be restricted.
Pointing out the necessity of such
action, he told the committee he be-
lfeved hundreds Of thousands of Eu-
ropeans principally Austrians, Italians,
Greeks and Germans, would "streak
for this country as fast as the bars
were let down." if preventive meas
ures were not taken by the govern
ment
Congressman La Guardia. of New
York, who recently returned from
Italy, told the committee he had re.
liable information that the italian
government would "place restrictions
on emigration from Italy"
II look for large numbers of immi.
grants from Greece, Armenia and
Syria, and Il large immigration of
English women" he added.
DenSmore surprised the committee
with prophecy that "high wages and
high costs of materials will continue.
If not increase" for some time yet.
For this reason, he said, it is import
ant that Industrial enterprises be
rapidly developed now, instead of
waiting for a problematical drop in
costs. Only thus can the labor situa.
ton be kept stable.
'There are a few employers who
are not engaging in Industrial enter.
prises because of high liGh
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ebut this is not indicative bi tife en-
~ploye of the country at large"
A Red Cross worker who visited
the prison camps informed him, Mr.
Densmore said, that 10000 Austrians
were in Italy,, most of whom expect
ed "to drift to the United States as
fast as they can. along with thousands
of italian prisoners in Silesia.
Mr.. Densmore said a canvass of sew
eral leading cities showed that big
percentage Of alien residents were
planning to return to their native
countries and that in some cities this
ran as high as so or 80 per cent.
Mr.. DensmOre declined to say
whether immigration should be prohi-
bited for two or four years, as pro-
posed by bills before the committee.
Opposition to any prohibitory immi-
grafton was expressed by Louis Mar
shall, of New York, in a letter to
Representative Siegel, of New York,
ranking Republican committee men,
Der.
can arbitrary restrictive policy is
in direct contraventiOn to the prac-
tice of this country during its entire
existence" wrote Mr.. Marshall. "That
a nation built upon immigration and
enriched by it should thus reverse it.
self is inconceivab1e. President
Cleveland, Taft and Wilson vetoed re-
strictive immigration legislation,
which, compared with that now pro-
posed, was innOcuOuS"