Pueblo chieftain., 1921-02-11
tBy Mark sullivan

Washington. II. G., Feb. i0.tt was
not merely racial cUnsidera ton that
led the senate into cvadtnE consider
alton of tho immigration restriction
bill.
Tho only racial clement that APP
pcarcd to take much interest in tho
bin and tho only ono that put in a
formal appearance at the hearings,
was tho Jews They made their pro
tcst thru prominent Jewish lawyer
OF Now York aud thru agents OF the
National Hobrcw Trades Union lmmi-
grafton Bureau. tho Hebrew shcltcring
aid society. tho American Jewish con-
Gross the Union OF American Hebrew
couErcSa tons. und several other siinl-
lar organizations.
Conflicting Assertions
This jewish opposition may have
had some weight In isolated quarters,
hut u is doubtful Ii tho aggregate of
u hclpcd thoir own cause. A dscom-
fortinE issue arose between assertions,
madc hcfors The committee by the
agents OF some Of these organizations,
tp tho effect that they were not ac-
colrrdiiug the removal Of Jcvs from
eastern Europe to America. and. on
Tho other hand. contradictory testt-
Hnpuy produced by advocates ot re-
ttriction TO the effect that on other oc-
casious aud in other places. agents OF
those same organizations had spoken
With enthusiasm of tho energy and
cr"ctiN cncss OF their work to facilitate
the coming AZ their o-rellGionists.
For example. Prof. Jeremiah jerks,
OF Now YORK University. produced a
copy OF tho jewish imfnirgaf ion bullc-
I'm. and quoted an official statement to
the effect that last October tho He
brow lmmiErHut Aid Society had been
'cHnhl"d to engage nifty more workers
Ht WARSAW IN Poland and that we
hlnd out 200 applications having
% olive clerks ON duty for this psrticu-
lar work.
Eut 81 is not probable that any
lars" number ~ senators were moved
hN the Iowish opposition to tho bill.
Which was the only racial opposition
that appeared aG the hearings.
comm-rcini Interest. Opposed
number nf senators were moved by tho
rncrEy Of the agents OF powerful inter
csts who have a commercial motive for
re- listing any limitation OF lmmigra-
ton \ list of the steamship compsn-
los railroad compnniun SUGAR conf
pnni,'s. and dthcr c&kcrcial inter
r~ts who were represented In opposi-
tiun to th~ bin would hll page of this
psi."r.
Zach of these organizations Is pow
rrful iocstli.- and aggregate OF all of
tlrm r-,t ven have been able to in
rHrurr ih" senate as whole. Tho
srnatprf from the Sew EnEhnd and
rn-tHru states have DOW crful cuusti-
turrt- vhu want Immigrant labor to
rrducc costs iu their mills while sen
ttrrs from tho gouthv cstern states re-
rpcnd ~ tho stimulus OF beet sugar
r"mpaulos and other large land own
rrs who want tho use OF pcon labor
from McNico.
>p-rInl Interests Clash
To ID iurFr degree. tho hearings were
sr7r uf tho general interests versus
,pnriu interests,
Fur example n Texas CONGRESSMAN.
Iphn =. BoS. stated that the masses
n his constituents don't want Mexican
pspn labor TO come in. and placed his
objection on the same fundamental
social grounds that constituted the
o5icction to- bringing in slaves before
.ho civil war.
Immediately after Congressman
Box'x testimony. the committee was
inundated by kilograms and personal
representatives from tho Utah-Idaho
sugar company. the Texas Land own
'rs association and similar orgnniza-
.ions. Against the compactncss and
,lort energy of these special interests.
,lc lone and unorgHnized advocates of
'cstrictiun had an air OF futility.
In the soursr OK the hearings, II