The New York herald., 1921-01-26
WOULD DAM ALIEN
FLOW AT SOURCE
Caminetti Wants to Detail
Staff to Foreign Ports to Turn
Back Inadmissibles.
REPORTS ON SURVEY
Says Eight Nations Are Ready
to Help Stem Tide Toward
America.
Special Despatch TO THE NEW YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington, ID. C., Jan. 25.

Special Despatch TO THE NEW YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. C., Jan. 20.
Senate hearings on the one year
emergency immigration restriction bill
approached their close to-day and will
end with the completion of the testi-
mony of Anthony Caminetti, Commits
sioner-General of immigration, who
appeared before the immigration Com
mittee. He submitted a partial report
on the results of study he has beer
making abroad on immigration condi-
tons, and will continue tomorrow.
Prior to Mr.. Caminetti's evidence
George Nick. Mcclellan, counsel for
the Chamber of Commerce of Homo
lulu, outlined new proposal for a
permanent immigration policy. He
recommended flexible system under
which immigration would be regulated
according to needs of the country
complete registration of all alien i'm
migrants admitted and close surveil-
lance of their movements.
Eight European countries. Mr.. Cami-
netti said. were visited by him under
authority, Of the Secretary OF Labor to
make the survey, these being England
France, Italy, Holland. Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo- -Slavia. Belgium and Poland.
There was unanimous agreement ir
these Countries he said, that every
effort possible should be made to dis.
courage the coming TO America OF those
who cannot be admitted. American Off.
cials as well as representatives OF for
eign countries agreed upon this point
and said ii was creating great and un-
necessary hardship among families who
sold everything they had to come to
America, only TO be forced to go back.
He suggested amendment of the wise
passport laws and also the detailing OF
additional American officials in foreign
ports for the purpose OF eliminating the
inadmissibles from those heading here.
The. activities of American immigrant
aid societies, he said were having the
effect Of stimulating immigration from
Europe TO America. though he specifi-
cally absolved these societies from vio-
lating the law against undue solicitation
he said, in foreign countries showed a
helpful spirit in trying to handle immi-
grafton problems
He characterized az "a wild flight OF
fancy reports that millions OF Jewish
immigrants were desrous OF coming to
America and said he had been informed
that not more than 100000 to 100000
Jews We're desirous Of leaving Europe
and there we're many Of them heading
for Russian territory or to Argentina
and other South American ports.
He suggested that the immigration bill
ought to be referred TO the Secretary OF
Labor before being reported TO the SEN
ate but did not express his individual
opinion on the measure. That he may
do tomorrow. when he will continue his
testimony.
The report OF Mr.. Camnetti It was
recalled. upheld the recent cable des-
patches to THE New YORK HERALD to
the effect that correspondents in Eu-
rope could sec no signs OF an enormous
exodus TO America These dispatches
were read into the official records of
the Senate Committee on Immigrat ton
at earlier hearings and were considered
to have an important bearing on the
important question now under consid-
Grafton.