The New York herald., 1921-01-09
Paul and Felix Warburg Comment or
the Latest Study of Aliens

KeIlor's assertion that Ito the mind
Of the average American sthe query,
Are you Tor or against immigration
Is equivalent to, Are You for or against
organized laborf'
"Organized labor opposes immigra-
tion because 1t fears the competition
of cheap labor" continued Mr. War
burg, "but 1t refuses to admit that
American labor cannot or will not do
all kinds OF work For instance. Amer
lean girls won't be nurses. because it
Is too hard work ana the American
girl wants to work only little while,
then marry q rich man. We have to
import nurses from Canada And
housework? Out of the question for
a native. And we have seen that
Americans won't dig bitches. So evil
IDENTIFY the immigrant has to do IT,
But right here let me add for the
benefit of organized labor, that un-
less, as Miss Kellor clearly states,
immigration Is a paying investment
to the Immigrant, to business and to
America, all other attempts to deal
with 1t will fall
II. consider Miss Kellor a leader OF
men to-day, in that she has grasped
this subject as an expert" said Mr..
Warburg, "and offers a constructive
policy that will satisfy both idealists
and the most practical reaiists" Her
suggestion that Congress appoint COM
missions to study the various open
questions, such as: Shall America be
an asylum for the foreign born? Shall
aliens .be registered? What is to bo
the status abroad of naturalized citi-
zens? Shall the basis of assimilation
be. Anglo Saxon? and to present these
to the public for discussion and voting
is the only democratic and fair solu-
ton of the issue which has become
so vital to our economic development.
For I honestly believe we need the
immigrant quite as much as he needs
u.s.
Aliens Too Often Learn Here
That Our Laws May Be Evaded.
"And certainly I do not believe in
registering aliens. If you chalk them
off like that you not only discourage
them from attempting to become citi-
zens but you drive them into clan
nishness In dirty tenements, which We
seem to think good enough for the
foreigner. Aliens don't need to be
watched by the law. They are the
most law abiding people we have here.
They come from countries where the
law rs feared. Here they are sur
prised at the mock serious considera-
tion given all laws. For instance, an
alien is warned by the tenement
owner not to leave his garbage can
on the fire escape. Religiously he
observes this rule. and when his nat
uralized countryman drops In for q
visit and sees the garbage can on the
window sill or some other convenient
place he says; Why DON'T you keep
that on the fire escape? oh, but the
owner forbids IT, gasps the alien
BAH smiles the American citizen,
give him a dollar and you can keep II
anywhere you please
And that is one of our main troubles
Not a single law is ever enforced. We
corrupt the foreigners ourselves, espe-
ciaiiy In politics. Now II we really
need these aliens, and 1 believe we do.
why don't we incline them toward in-
stead Of against US? II would be
much fairer, too. to have a national
rather than State citizenship policy;
then there would be less danger Of dis
elimination fostering race feuds and
| hatreds.
The immigrant at Ellis Island should
he met by Department Of Education
representatives. either through the