The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-11-17
'AMENETT| GOES ABROAD ID MAKE ! EMIGRATION STUDY
10 Visit Principal Emigration aCenters, Particularly of l Poland, Germany and the :, Balkan States
By Assoeiated Press

fl " ashington. November 16.-Anthony
 amenetti. commissioner of immigration, Isft Washington tonight for Europe to
 Aitiate study of existing conditions af Fcting emigration to the United States. fe will be accompanied by Surgeon J. lF. Kerr of the United States public
 ealth service, who will make study health conditions abroad They will
 hil from New York tomorrow on the Ldsiatic.
 Mr. Camenetti expects to conclude his Trip in four or five weeks, as it is his
 Iurpose to confer with the House im- thigration committee before it finally | he consideration O. Congress at it's ses-
 ion beginning on December 6. He will Tisit the principal emigration centers, larticularly those in Poland. Germany, italy and the Balkans, and will lay be- fore the committee such conditions as Ne finds, together with recommendations Is to legislation.
 |i In an official statement regarding his Nip. the commissioner said Secretary :! filson of the department of labor, who Nltetailed him to ,go to Europe, was anxious that there should be cessation |Ef the course Of hardships resulting, as IIle states, from individuals in Europe, Ili elsew where, breaking up their homes, Helling their belongings and expending lhe proceeds for transportation to his country only to find on their arrival at bur ports that they are not admissible ! under our laws and must return to their former abodns.'''
 WOUL s ow AVERT TRAGEDY II 1t is hisst pinion." continued the im-
 migration Six mmissioner, that this
 tragedy, rw he terms it, might be ellminated lrri reduced by preventing the eillhA ;ratihys of inadmisibles at the ioutce. HVe.rts in this direction under Eaken preva,is to the World war were checked Vo, its operations. Since then FadditioAal ,roblems have been added py the !, f and it's aftermath and by Jew legis ation. Among those caused by fhe latteI may be mentioned the literacy Fest and provision for the inspection of I3eamen.
 "A study of So much of these as have Fheir origin abroad would be beneficial in aiding in reaching a solution by CO., operation between the authorities of the respective nations affected and those of our own country, or by direct legislation py congress.
 Should the study proposed to be in- Etiated under the secretary's direction re- veal that by cooperation and by thor v agh explanation of our laws and reg 1lations a solution would be found for some of the problems and that as regards all of them, benefit would acrue from aA detail of immigration and medical off, ficers for such service, recommendations to pursue such course might follow af- ter due consideration of all the facts
 The secretary cites with approval the experiences with Canada, where, by a reciprocal arrangement alien residents therein may apply at the immigration office for admission into the United States and have a final decision before undertaking to give up their residence. This is one method of determining one o2 the problems mentioned at the source. this study extended to European and other centers of immigration