New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-05-07
Is countries
Represented i'm
Call ON Harding,
Racial Delegation, Head
ed by DIR. Stella, Tells
President Plans for Great
err Americanixafion Work
To Train Foreign Born
Convention of Groups Is
Proposed 10 Bring More
Intelligent Assimilation
From The Tribnae's Washington Bareaw

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WASHINGTON, May 6.-The racial
delegation which called at the White
House to-day to pay its respect to the
President constituted league of ma
tions in itself, so far as representation
OF different nationalities was concerned.
There were twenty-three countries rep
resented, although every member of the
delegation is an American citizen. The
delegation was led by DR.. Antonio
Stella. OF New York, former president
of the Roman Legion, which mobilized
the Italians for war work in this coun-
Try, and chairman of the Italian COM
mission of che Department of the In
terror. DR.. Stella also is an expert on
tuberculosis, and has been decorated
three times by the King of Italy
Representatives, of the various races
which proved their ability to assimi-
late Americans are, many of them,
leaders in the professional, scientific
and business world For example, the
Dutch representative is N. G. nj. Luykx,
vlce-president of the Sinclair Oil Com
Ea1s oA4 PkSoAQSAS VI GllG NCW Va
Chamber of Commerce for the Neither
lands. A. Duncan Reid, the Canadian
representative, Is president of the
Globe Indemnity Company, and during
the war was chairman of the Liberty
Loan campaign in the metropolitan dis
trict. The Danish representative is
Haiver Jacobsen, general agent of the
Scandinavian-Americ Line. The Finn
ish representative is J.. H. Saari, of
Eveleth, Mimi, former Mayor OF that
city.
% Nationailties Represented
Others whose names are known for
their achievements in this country in
cluded Leo Pasvolsky. editor of an
anti Bolshevik Russian daily, and q
contributor to The Saturday Evening
Post. Lucien Jouvand represented the
French. He is knight of the Legion
of Honor and president of the Franco
American Benevolent Society of New
York. The Belgians were represented
by Albert Tyck, an importer and sec
rotary of the Belgian Chamber of
Commerce. The list could be con-
tinued indefinitely, each representative
of each nationality shedding luster on
the county which ne represents. The ma
tionalities represented were Armenian,
Assyrian, British, canadian, Czecho-
Siovak, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French.
Belgian, Greek, Italian, Jewish, Jugo-
Slav, Lettish, Lithuanian, Magyar,
Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish,
Swedish and Syrian.
DR.. Stella, who acted as spokesman
for the delegation, told the President
Of the desire of the foreign-born to as
sumo the leading part in Americanism
activities and to have Americanism
emanate from within the races rather
than from without. He outlined plans
of the delegation toward placing the
training and resources of the foreign
born, economically and commercially,
at the command Of American business
leadership. The delegation offered its
services individually to the President
with the offer to cooperate with any
government department or bureau in
the development of better race rela-
tions.
Especial Praise for Hughes
The subject Of immigration was not
mentioned, since the organization is
concerned solely with the millions Of
foreign born who are now in this coun-
try. DR.. Stella commented upon the
efforts made by the Administration in
"sane and effective method Of assimi-
lation." He said:
'.The presence in your official family
Of a head OF the Department or StaCe--'
a department with such an intimate re-
Iation to. the whole subject of the for
eign- born-who, as the former presi-
dent of the Italian American Society,
as former member of the board Of
directors of the Inter<Racial Council,
as the prepayment of that beneficent
series of preventive laws for the i'm
migrant, initiated while he was Gov
ernor of the Empire State, also fills US
with profound satisfaction.
sLater during the current year we
hope to call convention of all the
racial groups to enlist in practical
way the people of the country without
respect TO race or nativity for. this
definite end-that there may be a more
intelligent assimilation of ali those who
live in the United States, primarily in
the business problems of the country;
to see in which ways we can help more
than we do new the material prosperity
of the country; for we, realize that the
basis of ell assimilation is identity of
interest in economic matters. 1t seems
TO us that such conference will be to
the advantage of the country"
The President, in his reply, expressed
the hope that affairs of the nation
would permit him to attend the confer
ence. The delegation was then posed
for group picture with the President.