YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1921-01-14

iEtJAI IdDiC ililIllAS dIitS WIiGtliCI
educational grounds. 1t exclue
ions and our form Of goyernme
lumbe1s OF undesirable imnlig1
oufltry, when enforcement Of
t is a question, not of new legis
tand were enforced by an ads
| character, physically sound, m
revolution.
General Du Pont defines the attitude
| in which the country should consider
immigration policies, asserting that
| these fostering restrictive legislation
are openly insulting the peoples cf
! other countries. In the drafting Of new
! .egislation, he urges consideration OF
/ 7hat i! best for the general prosper
.tty Of the nation together with steps tc
enable the country to enforce the ex-
sting laws which weuld protect Amer
ica from foreign agitators who advo-
| ate subversive attacks on industrie:
ard the overthrow of government.
The Intcr-rscial Council, which is
headed by General Du Pont, includes
;one Of the lesding men in the busi-
| hess life Of the country and racial
,eaders from among SO Of the racia
groups in the United States.
The statement by General Du Ponl
| sollows:
Fear cf Alien Invasion.
Gil considered statements by men
n public life are causing fear lest
his country be ovorrun with aliens
ana les our native civilization DC
completely blotted out by the sue.
| ;eading layers Of Immigrants from,
Europe. Most Of these statements
are based upon haarsay or speculation
rather than upon facts. The figures
Of the United States Immigration
Sureau are disregarded and instead of,
stating how many immigrants are
actually coming IN, how many are GO
tion is, public officials are announc-
ing that from fifteen to twenty-five
million immigrants are trying to
come to America, and they are warn
ing the country that unless drastic
legislation is enacted, America will
virtually be flooded with immigrants.
{Such a statement was made in the
Telegram not long ago, asserting
that 40, 900 immigrants arrived in
Youngstown during 1920. Ridiculous!
Editor)
"Hoy many Immigrants are trying
70 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.
It is useless to harp upon the num-
bers of intending immigrants, espe-
cially since it would take, approxi-
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 kindapf immigrants who will cor
tribute tb the upbuilding of the coun-
try.
twenty-five million immigrants
for the United States is out of the
question, or for that matter, fifteen
,aillion 7nigrants-the number esti-
mated by some public officials to be
the minimum number who want to
come here.
ct is, stated that there are approx
imateiy seventy-five passengercar
rying vessels plying between the Unit
ed States and Europe, and, if the esti-
mated fifteen million immigrants were
evenly distributed among these vessels
an average of 100000 persons would
re allotted to each. Figuring two |
thousand as the average number of !,
immigrants that could be acconlmo-
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, event.
over q period of eight and a half years,
would be in the nature Of a world
Europe could not per-
nit that number Of people to emf
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. for it is economically /
for immigrants to live here
unless there are Jobs for them.
America, too, must realize there
are other countries in the world that |
want immigration. Brazil, Argentine
snd 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 that any of those countries
would receive much immigration.
Immigration Exaggerated.
There is. a great deal of exaggera- /
lion about the volume of immigration
new pouring into America. Misap-
nrehension prevails as to the relation
Of the present immigration to the ex-