New-York tribune., 1921-01-03
Du Pont Calls
Present Alien
Laws Adequate
Gives Results of Inquiry
by In.er.Racial Council ;
Says There Is No Need
of Additional Legislation
Competent Staff Needed
Holds There Is No Danger of
Flood of Undesirables;
Charges Exaggerated Talk

General Coleman du Pont, chairman
W the board Of directors OF the Inter
racial Council, in a statement issued
yesterday, declares with emphasis that
tho existing immigration laws of the
SUnited States are adequate to protect
the country from an invasion of unde-
sirables if properly enforced by an ade
:Iuate staff.
" A campaign to inspire fear Of all i'm
,migation, he declares, is now being
waged to the end that discussion Of
Forn-out Federal immigration machin-
cry is being sidetracked and the obso-
lete immigration service Of the country
is passing unnoticed
The Inter-1acial Council includes
some OF the leading men in the business
life of the country and leaders from
among thirty-two of the racial groups
comprising it's cosmopolitan population
general du Points statement was issued
after the council had made an exhaus-
tive investigation of the situation. 1t
says in part:
"There is great deal of exaggera-
tion about the volume of immigration
now pouring into America. Misappre-
hension prevails as to the relation of
the present immigration to the exist
ing market for labor. The statement
has been made in the House of Repre-
sentativcs that unless The t1oodgates
are closed, the standards Of living will
be lowered. unemployment already est-
mated at two million men, will run RAM
pant and the wage scale be destroyed
.'lt is a significant fact that for the
entire fiscal year ended June so last
the total permanent increase in the
alien male population of the United
States was merely 9,877. According to
the analysis of the official figures of
the Bureau of immigration, 10 600 more
aliens left for than came from the
countries of Europe for that fiscal per-
iod, and the bulk Of the total increase
in our immigrant alien population came
from Canada and Mexico. The United
States lost 102, 900 immigrant laborers
and gained 1855 skilled o,063 profes-
sional people, 12,5O0 farm laborers and
81 900 servants.
! ""As to dangerous ultra-radica's en-
tering the country, the blame rests with
our present immigration stem for the
non-enforcemen of the laws that would
effectively bar out these people. Incl
detally, it may be stated that the alle-
cation that revolutionists ship as stow
aways is answered by the fact that the
law excludes stowaways. 1t is a cond-
tion to be met by enforcing existing
law.
1.-THE following list Of classes of per-
this country will disabuse our minds
of the impression that all but Orientals.
are admissible:
"Mental-Idiots, ;mbeciles, feeble
minded, epileptcs and insane people
or those suffering from any consttu-
tional psychopathic inferiority.
"Moral-Persons who have been con-
victed OF felony or crime or misdc-
n1eanor involving moral turpitude,
polygamists or those who believe or
advocate it. Prostitutes or persons re-
ceiving any revenue therefrom. coming
for that or any other immoral pur-
pose;
nPhysical Chronic alcoholics or
those afflicted with tuberculosis in any
form or with a loathsome or contagious
disease or otherwise physically defec-
tive in a way that may affect ability to
earn a living.
"Political-Anarchist or persons who
believe in or advocate overthrow of
the government by force or violence,
or who are opposed to organized gov
eminent or advocate assassination of
officials or teach the unlawful destruc-
ticn OF property or are members of or
aftiiated with any organization enter
tanning these ideas
Economic Paupers, professional
beggars, vagrants or persons likely to
become public charges
III these laws as they stand were
enforced by an adequate staff we should
have only immigrants Of good moral
character, ph sically sound, mentally
competent, supporting and op-
posed 20 violence and reyolutions