Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-03
ALIEN INVASION IS
NOT TO Be FEARED,
SAYS GEN. DU PONT
Deplores Attempt TO Create Popu-
lar Sentiment Against the
Immigrant.
DECLARES PRESENT
LAWS SUFFICIENT

NfenrrAl iDietnNn uN
of the Board of Directors Of The Inter-
racial Council in a statement yesterday.
dcplored Whit he described ss an attempt.
to create popular sentiment against the
immigrant and TO force enactment OF re-
strictive legislation through revival
of the old dread of the alien and an open
hostility resembling that of the know
Nothings" of n little over half n century
ago
Consideration of practical, scientific
and constructive policies on immigration,
SAYS General du Pont, is what this
country requires today. and not cam
paipn 10 inspire fear of MI immigration
and 10 create distrllct of ali peoples com
ing here from foreign shores. Such
campaign isnowbcinR waged, he continues
and its actual result Is To sldetrack
discussion OF our federal immigration
machinery which is worn out and not
adequate 90 enforce the existing immlgra-
tor laws Our obsolete Immigration
service and our failure 20 apply scientfi,
principles to immigration are the signiil-
cant facts of the moment, and the mum
bors and the character Of the immigrants
seeking admission are merely incldcntel
To thus deplorable state Of affars
The irnprnsSion has been created that
any person can get into the United States
except Orlcntals, reads the statement
Inc fact is that our present laws provide
for the exclusion of undesirable immigrants
whether on mental mora, physical,
Dnlitical. economic, industrial or cduca-
tional grounds IL excludes wropgdoers
and persons who may b. mimical t. our
institutions and our form Of government
WHY, therefore, IS there 80 great hue
and CIV about the numbers OF undesr-
able immigrants now coming % this coun-
try and now trying O. enter tins country
| when enforcement of existing laws should
safeguard us adequately against them2
[ II is a question. not of rev leRisetlon,
/ but Of enforcement Of existing laws Il
I the laws as they sts1d were enforced by
1 an adequate stan we should have only
| immigrants Of god moral character
! physically sound. mentally competent,
! self-supportlng and opposed 70 violence
1 and revolution.
General du Pont defines the attitude N
+ which the country should consider Immi-
\ grafton policies, asserting that those tos-
tering restrictive legislation are openly
insulting the peoples 81 other countries IN
/ the drafting of new legislation, he urges
/ consideration Of what is best for the gem
I oral prosperity of the nation together wth
steps 10 enable the country 20 enforce the
existing laws which would protect America
iron, foreign agjtators who advocate sub
yersiyp attacks On Industries and the over
throw Of government
Cen du Ponts statement Is IN part -
follows
M, considered statements BY mes III
nublic life arc causing fear lest this caan-
tr,. he overrln with aliens and lest our
native civilization bC completely hIJtt q
ont by the succeeding layers of immigrant,
from, Furopc Most Of these statements
are based upon hersay or speculation
rather than upon facts The figures ot the
limited States Immigration Bureau arc
disrcgartled and instead OF stating how
/ many immigrants are "ctuallv coming III
how maI arc going out, and what the net
immigration Is, public officials are An
poucine that from fifteen 70 twrntN hv.
million immigrants ar trying T. come {
America and they are warning the coin
tn that unless drastic LEGISLATION IS en-
acted America viii virtually be tiooiei
with immigrants
How many immigrants are trying I
conc to America and hoH many are at
ually being admitted pr6 two altogethe
different things America is not 50 muct
concerned about the people who woulC
like to come here. IL is useless 70 harp
upon tn numbers Of intandu immigrant
: sDcciollv since il would take appr1Hl
mately fourteen veers u transport twenty
J five million immigrants from Europe u M
We need 70 DO is - see u It that thos'
actually arriving are desirable and whctle
we are getting the kind Of immigrants h
will contribute to the upbulldlrg OF tR
country
'Twcuty-fve million immigrants for ~
: United >tatesis out oi the question or tol
+ that rnetter fifteen million immigrants
the number estimated by some pubI'
officials 70 be the minimum sumber wh'
want 10 come here.
America, too, must realize there ar
other countries in the world that wan
| immigration Brazil, Argentine and othe
countries Of South america, Canada anC
Australia, are desirous Of attracting lm
migrants. On the basis Of $4,000, 900 i'm
} migrants for the United States, It woul'
be hardly probable that any Of thos
countries would receive much immlgra
ton
"The result Of the immigration bi
adopted in the House Of Repre- -ltative
and now before the Senate would bc t
. limit immigration for one year to dC
: pendent people certain specified nea
;. relatives Of naturalized citizens and cei
r tain other specified relatives Of allie
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