Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1921-01-13

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in which the country should consider |
immigration policies, asserting. that
those fostering restrictive legislation
are openly insulting the peoples OF
other countries. In the drafting {ctl new
legislation, he urges consideration i'of
what is best for the general prosper.
ity of the nation together with steps to
enable the country to enforce the ex-
listing laws which would protect Amer
lea from foreign agitators who advo-
cate subversive attacks on industries
and the overthr0w Of government.
The Inter-racial Council, which is
headed by General Du Pont, includes
some of the leading men in the busi-
ness life Of the country and racial
leaders from among 80 Of the racial
groups in the United States.
The statement by General Du Pont
follows:
Fear of Alien Invasion.
Gill considered statements by men
in public life are causing fear lest
this country be overrun with aliens
and lest our native civilization be
completely blotted out by the sue
ceeding layers of immigrants from
Europe. Most of these statements
are based upon hearsay or speculation
rather than upon facts. The figures
of the United States Immigration
Bureau are disregarded and instead of
stating how many immigrants are
actually coming in, how many are go
ing out, and what the net immigra-
tion is, public officials are annourlc-
ing that from fifteen to twenty-five
million immigrants are trying to0
come to America, and they arsyWarri-t
legislatioh lsg ns IS sAaassd, M Hmerica will
virtually he flooded with immigrants.
(Such a statement was made in the
Telegram" not long ago asserting
that 40. 600 immigrants arrived in
Youngstown during 1920. Ridiculous!
Editor.)
'sHow many immigrants are trying
to come to America and how many
are actually being admitted are two
altogether different things. America
is not so much concerned about the
people who would like to come here.
1t is useless to harp upon the num-
bers Of intending immigrants, espe-
cially since it would take approx
mately fourteen years to transport
twenty-five million immigrants from
Europe. What we need to do is to see
to it that those actually arriving are
desirable and whether we are getting
the kind of immigrants who will con-
tribute to the upbuilding Of the coun-
try.
"Twenty-five million immigrants
for the United States is out OF the
question, or for that matter, fifteen
million immigrants-the number esti-
mated by some public officials to be
the minimum number who want to
come here.
"It is stated that there are approx
imately seventy-five passeng er-car-
rying vessels plying between the Unit
ed States and Europe, and, it the esti-
mated fifteen million immigrants were
evenly distributed among these vessels
an average of 100000 persons would
be allotted to each. Figuring two
thousand as the average number OF
immigrants that could be accommo-
dated on each trip, it would require
one hundred trips for each vessel to
transport her allotment. Assuming
that each vessel would make one
round trip per month, it would re-
quire eight and one-half years to
carry the fifteen million immigrants
to- the United States.
"Fifteen million immigrants, even
over a period of eight and half years,
would be in the nature of world
phenomenon. Europe could not per-
nit that number of people to emil
CRATE. With the loss of SO much man
power in the war and with the urgent
necessity of all Europe getting back
to work to avoid an economic break
down, it would be disastrous for Eu-
ropean governments to permit that
many people to leave their homelands.
Moreover, if fifteen million new i'm
migrants should come to this country,
millions of former Immigrants would
leave America, fer it is economically
imDossible for immigrants to live here
uuiess there DIRE jobs for them.
stAmerica, too, must realize there
are other countries in the world that
want immigration. Brazil, Argentine
and other countries of South America,
Canada and Australia, are desirous OF
attracting immigrants. On the basis
of fifteen million immigrants for the
United States, it would be hardly
probable n1at any Of those countries
would receives much immigration.
Immigrstiop Exaggerated. \.
.eThere is q great deal Of exaggera-
tim abnut the volume Of immigration
ll4w pouring into America. Misap-
tfehension pfey4ils .as to the relation
81 the present immigration to the ex-