The New York herald., 1921-01-07
FEDERAL CONFLICT
OVER CORK MAYOR
Labor Secretary Paroles Stow
away Without Word to
State Department.
WAVES PASSPORT RULES
Action May Be Overruled as
O'Callaghan Is Not POlit-
ical Refugee.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-Conflict be-
tween the Departments of State and
Labor was foreshadowed to-day over
final decision on the admission of Dan
iel j. OCallaghan. Lord Mayor of Cork.
who was apprehended by immigration
authorities upon his arrival at Newport
News from Ireland as a stowaway with
out passport.
Action Of Secretary Wilson to-day in
paroling. O. OCallaghan upon his own rec
ognizance, 1t was indicated. had been
taken without consultation with the
State Department, as the first knowl-
edge of 1t was obtained by Acting Secre-
tary Davis of that department from
newspaper reports.
Even should O'Callaghan now be de-
ported. 1t was held at the State De-
partment that before this could be
brought about there would be nothing to
prevent his coming to Washington and
accomplishing his announced mission to
the United States Of testifying before
the commission of the self-constituted
committee of one hundred investigating
the Irish conditions.
Secretary of State Wilson, 1t is un-
derstood, virtually has decided to sus-
tain the appeal Of O'Callaghan TO the
Department of Labor from the decision
of the board Of inquiry at Newport
News excluding the Lord Mayor. al
though the case has not yet been
brought formally to his attention and
no decision will be announced by him
until the record has been received from
immigration officials at Newport News.
Before taking action on O'Callaghan's
appeal. however. it would be the usual
custom of the Department of Labor In
the case Of an alien arriving In the
United States without a passport to de-
fer a decision until It had been ascer-
tanned whether tine Department of state
was willing to waive passport rsst~ic-
tions commonly imposed upon the en-
trance to the United States of aliens.
On account of the friction which is
said to have developed between the De-
partments of State and Labor over the
admissbilj;y OF aliens without pass
ports II was understood to-day that Sec
retary Wilson probably would sustain
the appeal of O'Callaghan without any
rere renee OF the case to the Department
of State.
Acting on the impression that the case
already had been referred to the State
Department. Secretary Davis to-day took
1t under advisement and indicated that
the policy of the department probably
would be against waving passport re-
strictions In O'Callaghan's favor. Sec
retary Davis said the Lord Mayor
scarcely could be considered a political
refugee when fellow official of the So
called Irish Government. Eamonn De
Valera, was reported to have returned to
Ireland. and he stated further that to
waive passport restrictions In the case
would serve only to nulllfy the passport
law.
Later Secretary Davis announced that
in considering the case he had beer
laborng under Misrepresentation that
it had been referred formally to the
State Department by the Department oi
Labor. but as Il had not been the for.
mer department would not consider tha
| it technically had come under its juris
diction until the question had been pre-
sented to 1t by Secretary Wilson.