Pueblo chieftain., 1921-01-23
GEORGE ROBERTSON

PRESERVATION
Mr.. Chairman, Honorable Judges,
Ladies' and Gentlemen:-
1 am upholding tho affirmative of tho
question, Resolved: That Congress
should enact laws prohibiting immi-
grafton for a period of sfive years. My
Gra. point Is that these immigrants
are undesirable. il is all right to call
the United States the refuge for tho
oppressed. but now It is not n dues-
ton OF sentiment but OF self-preserva-
ton. There is vast difference be-
tween tho immigration OF 1920 and of
1921. Our ancestors who came over
in the Mayfiower came over to estab-
lish a principle. But these Bolsheviks
who arc coming from Europe today
either come for the miserable purpose
Of money getting or moro probably for
tho purpose of breaking up our govern
ment. America is proud to bo tho
melting pot OF tho world but she
should refuse to be the garbage can.
These people refuse to be melted. They
have no intention of becoming Amer
lean citizens. They have settled in
colonies by themselves inside the Uni
ted States where they enjoy all tho
benefits of living in our wonderful
country without having any of tho
responsibilities OF n citizen. At tho
present We have in this country thou
sands upon thousands OF foreigners
moro than we are able to take care Of
I ask you, should we permit this i'm
mirration TO continue?
Something must be dono to stop this
tremendous flood which threatens to
overcome our country. The ratio OF
immigration at present In from thrce
to five thousand a day. The lowest
estimates on the immigration this com
ing year range from one and ouG-half
to two million. Do you realize what
two million people means? If they
were arranged in n column of fours in
close order passing n given point at
the ratio of miles per hour, IL would
take is days of eight hours each of
continual marching to pass that point.
And It is n number twice as largo as
tho entire population of the state OF
Colorado.
And besides being numerous thoso
immigrants arc undesirable in other
ways. Ole Hanson former mayor of
Seattle. who recently returned from
a tour of Europe, says of this immi-
grafton:
Thousands of undesirables who
would have beon hcre knocking at our
gates months ago. would come At once
if there were ships enough to carry
them. One hundred thousand red
anarchists aro hent upon getting into
the United States no matter what our
immigration laws have to say about
keeping them out"
Honorable Judges, It Is these very
people who are responsible for the
Bolshsvik and soviet organizations in
our country. According to speech
by tho Hon. 7. r. Wilson. representa-
two from Louisiana, 90 per cent of tho
members of these destructive organ
izations arc aliens. These anarchists
who have spent their time domoraliz-
ing Central Europe. are coming over
TO try IL on us and I insist that some
thing must he done to keep them out.
Second. this immigration must be
stopped because OF conditions in our
own country. The labor situation is
becoming serious. Today IN the uni
ted States there nro two million unem
clcyea men and moro are being laid
OF every day Tho number In con
stantiy growing larger. And still they
permit these five thousand people 10
come in daily. 1t Is making a bad
situation much worse. Tho same is
true OF the housing situation. Ac-
cording to an estimate by the Literary
Digest. there arc two million more
homes needed in tho United states.
And still the food pours in. What
effect will It have7 Jnless this I'm
migration ia STOPPED there viii be n
vast and growing number OF people
in this country who have neither a
useful occupation nor place to live. |
Third. Ave years is reasonable
length OF time. Tho johnson Bill now
before tho senate prohibiting immi-
grafton for two years IA recognized
by tho Literary Digest and even by
Representative Johnson himself as be-