New-York tribune., 1921-02-11
immigration
Bill Approved
ASP. c. Ratio
..,,a,e Committee Defeats
All Efforts TO Limit In
aow TO Smaller Proper
,;ou of Nationalifies Here
r,yors Northern Europe
r,h Estimates That 600, 900
CouId Come I'm Annually,
125. 900 From Germany
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wsSHTNGT0N, Feb. 10,--A favor
4. report on the modified Dillingham;
.,s;rrasion bill as an emergency
.. ..s,,re to take the place of the john
: bill was ordered to-day by the
s.,ste immigration Committee. Sem
s.r Colt, Of Rhode Island, chairman,
:. directed TO make the report.
The bill was changed but little from
i. Form in which il was considered by
:. ,onmittee Tuesday, when the John
u hill was definitely side-tracked, It
.-oyiaes that the number of aliens of
ne nationality who may be admitted
!, his country in any fiscal year shall
!, limited to 5 per cent of the number
: sfereign-born persons of such nation
.sty resident in the United States, as
8stsr,nined by the census of 1910.
Auril / is the date fixed for the
nsssurs to take effect and It is to re-
~sip law until June so, 1922, or one
ear and three months. Senator Colt
.nphasiaed that it was intended to be
gp emergency measure and substitute
lor the Johnson bill.
Efforts were made in the committee
.O-dsy to reduce the percentage below
:. Senator Harrison, of Mississippi,
-oged that it be fixed at 1 per cent.
He snd Senator Harris alone voted for
his. Senator's Harrison and Harris
slso supported a motion to fix the per-
ssutage at 2 per cent. Senators Har-
,ison, Harris and King voted for per
cent and also for per cent, without
result. The committee then ordered
tha bill reported with the percentage
xsd at 5.
Senator Colt said he would report the
bill without delay and would press it.
No legislation is expected at this ses-
son.
The bill is limited TO Europe and
Western Asia in its application. 1t in
no way affects present immigration ar
rangements with Japan or China or the
western hemisphere.
Senator Colt, in explaining the bill
IS the committee has ordered il re-
ported, said:
The Johnson bill would admit de-
pendents. Under that wording and
owing to the frauds that can be com
mitted, there would be admitted lust
me class we do not want. We have
substituted maximum number that
can be admitted in any one fiscal wear
Tor the chief provisions of the Johnson
Dill. Under the bill which I am au-
taorized to report, about 100000 could
De admitted n any one fiscal year.
Under the percentage plan a larger
clement Of the old populations which
lave migrated to this country would
le admitted and smaller element OF
ne new populations.
u has been demonstrated there is
no emergency or menace and that the
situation with reference to immigration
IS an economic one"
- me committee has in mind the pur-
pose to encourage immigration from
horghern and western Europe and to
mold down immigration from south
EASTERN and eastern Europe. Inasmuch
rs the larger part of the foreign-born
population of this country now is from
northwestern and western Euroue. ;r-
ellding Germany. the 5 per cent plan
Will operate TO admit larger number
from that part of Europe than from
Soatheastern and eastern Euroue
=. Figures before the eommittee show
that under the committee hill tbara
would be $4,000 persons admitted
[rom northwestern Europe. incIuding
dermany, against an annual AVERAGE o9
l62,S50 from these countries in fo10-
Il. The annual admissions from, ca
mum Of 1906. ---''1NA
,.,!l Inc total admissible from southern.
SSsuSnsastern ~ ons IS and eastern Europe would
.;,i-5 ss -Jo,4La. 0f these Italy would be en-
"'eo 10 0t,I56 and Russia to 86 1928.