Grand Forks herald., 1919-12-16

DEFECTS ARE
POINTED OUT
Seven Recommendations are
Presented by 1nvestiga-
ton Board.

New York, Dec. 16.-Some OF the
defects OF Ellis Island and seven rec
which the congress
sional committee will mako to the
house for a Tightening up" of immi-
grafton regulations throughout the
United States, particularly as they
apply to- anarchists. Bolshevists and
other ultra radicals, were indicated
hero today by officials of the United
States immigration station and by
Representative Isaac Sigel, a member
vestigating this port Of entry.
These recommendations, according
to MI. siegel. will include () natur-
a method OF requiring all young
Americans to take the oath of al
legtance upon reaching FL yoars; (3)
abolition Of the onfce of commission
er general Of immigration; (I ap-
pointment of an assistant secretary
Of the department OF labor to super
wise all immigration affairs; (5)
mandatory legislation providing for
more rigid inspection Of Ellis Is
aliens arrive; ts) q military immi-
grafton patrol on the Canadian and
Mexican borders; <7) more drastic
penalty for ship owners who permit
alien members of crews to desert.
you can tell a Red by looking at
him." declared one of the Ellis Is
land officials "You can't catch a
Red by cross-eyaminins him. They
are far. too willy and Ehrewd. It is
only after they have been in the
country for a sufficient length of time
that you discover their pernicious be-
liefs and when you do no time should
ho Lost ~, 1Arnrfin~ W
ination. prior to entry, can give the
protection intended by the law. It
is necessarily perfunctOry and in
eligible aliens are bound to sip
through because of our wrong meth
oda"
New York has the biggest immisra-
ton station in the country, he said,
the others being at Boston, Baltl-
more. Philadelphia, New Orleans, San
francisco and Seattle. Wash. Nor
folk. Va, and Galveston, Tex, are
ports Of entry with inspection oficers
but are not classed as 'stations'' like
Ellis Island and the rest. 1t is COM
parattvely easy to shut out the men
tally and physically defective when
they come in at these ports, said Con-
gresham Siegel. but the big problem
is to prevent the entrance Of. unde-
| sirabie aliens over our northern and
southern borders.
Inadequate az our immigration
machinery may be in New York and
! other large ports" said the con.
i gresham, ut is much more effective
than the machinery We have along
the International boundary lines OF
Canada and Mexico. We have nc
means Of knowing how many mer
and women, hostile to American in.
stitutions and democratic government
have surreptitiously entered the
\ United States. Still another mean.
Of illegal ingress has been for Red,
to ship as sailors and desert upo1
present law the shipowners can b,
penaltzed by q $40 fine only. W,
purpose making the penalty NOR,
stringent"
The house committee. Mr.. Siege
said, will recommend the establish
ment Of the naturalization court g.
that federal and other judges. who's
} time ts taken up with hearing hun
. dreds Of civil and criminal cases
. may be relieved Of task Of inmens
importance to the countrys wel&ar
but which, by the very nature o
things at present, is generally slight
ed from sheer judicial necessity.
q Last year. Mr.. Aesel said, tn
government realized a net profit fror
naturalization fees Of $450,000 an
the profit to date since the beginri-
OF the immigration service has @
$10.0O0,000. Such a court, It
said, could expedite hearings
"undesirAble3' instead Of being
leased on their own recogniIance q
!. parpled IN the custody Of their law
4 yers. could be ordered deported With
in thirty days =
One Judge, said the conKressma,
his mind pre-Occupied with oths
cares recently had . lot Of na4ura
ization cases before him. The crow
in the court room rspsesentsd sevur1
nationalft1e4 Soon batlf6 shoutst
. An you Cxeeho- Novaks hold q
!. yOur isAndsl' Up went the hands (
n about 9 dozen. The Judge, thtnkfn
/ tOf othefepreA.tng makfers, ooberiy {.
Z marked: .Gsnllamen 0f the jury!
hut quickly recoversa himself and *
the oath Of citi1enahi,
4 Here wAs + cersmeny which shoul
Z haNs b4en attended with Gfsat cal
II ~ sOle1npity turned almost into J:
I Iy6nA1191le .AhOW. ~ Il 3. s.
fs1A 6a&hrali court. preside
nyefssSS federal Jndgss sifnilaratS stl
i EeSp1t e0Nrt of AppAalS and wheie,s
n0t kAo1ns 1h6.Wne 10 a
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