New-York tribune., 1921-12-24
Il. :. Lifts Bar,
On nl.1OOAlici,s
Held I'm HarI,s,r
gsvts stlwsir~ Relatives of
immigrants sIrcady Here.
Despite Exceeded C,uosas.
~ Christmas Present
ship Lines Deny Blame
frisicized lniuS,Iy. They
Contend. for Conditions
Due io Faulty SYSTEM

Iahof tf if~ iH tfF thWiE grafton bureaus
Nsw Ysfs and Rosson yesterday sad
extracted the eensnssaioncfs 81 ir,ni.
ssstea Sc release fav ninety davs all
.sses eas haa been held sor aeportn
tea mtYy'y because the MONTHLY
.sssas from heir respective countries
LAD been exhausted
rk,s order a'a nat include aliens cx-
Aeasd feF ether causes. and vas an
SIZED largely 20 women and children
sAs asa some here to meet huahAads
fathers. ard old mcn and women
uAa haa eense TO join sons and daugh
isrs
sy the Secrctary's order fully 100
sssns will Be released from Ellis Isl.
sad sna iffiy from Boston
IL Washington Yesterday Mr. pavis
efitSlsed the steamsh.p companies for
snazing aliens here When their quota
Asa beea exhausted. and blamed thr
companies for The plight Of the aliens
.e yhem be had granted ninety-dav
rprieve
VIII BE Kept on ships
* IS to Be honed" he said. that
"a the future steamship companies will
refrain from bringing more aliens from
saHnsrieS Che Quota Of which Is ex
haaSteu, but II they continue so 10 do
Iae department, IS determined tYat such
Aliens shall not be removed from the
SHIPS which brought them. and under
10 Conditions viii aliens brought in
excess cf quotas in the future be ad
alt,ed to the United States, tempe
suily or otherwise
~Tals is the Christmas season and 7
an going 20 DO what ! can for these
ge9r people who have been brought
6cFe anc left here in defiance Of the
s~. It rs 10 fault Of theirs. Thev
sailed from home i'm good faith and
4 they have been landed here to face the
/ bi1teEest of hardship at the time OF
year when the rest of humanity is
eiven up TO good cheer
t1e steamship companies. however.
eolG views which are the reverse Of
;ae Secretary They maintain that
hey are the goats" Of an immigra-
ion law which the government has
realized IS impossible Of even reason
abie execution. ard that the shortcom-
ms Of the Department Of Labor in
~tsA-- 4-4E 'rtN Ait" t--W nave DEGI lQlSIeQ
0A the steamship lines.
The various steamship companies
carrying aliens 10 this port have been
reluctant to quarrel with the govern
aen-, and TO official Will permit him
self to De quoted fcr fear of being
dragged into what they describe as an
endless controversy with the Depart
ment Of Labor.
HnsH a-,f
Collectively. their views are that
this government S at fault for playing
fast and loose in notifying them Of
what aliens they may or may not bring
te this country. It is explained by the
steamship officials that this government
gives them no information relative to
Quotas that can be regarded as reliable
Ter any short interval
The Bureau of immigration in Wash
iagSon assemblies from the various
Forts Of the United States and on the
borders Of Mexico and Canada the list
OF aliens entering the country from all
nations admissible. From these figures
the bureau estimates what the monthly
quota viii be for the respective ma
tons. These estimates are sent to the
bureaus secretary in New York, who
adgises the secretary of the North At
lantlc Conference, which is made up of
ali the steamship lines. From the con
ference Office comes the information
the companies need for embarkation
purposes abroad.
The governments monthly quota is
eabled at once to the Mediterranean
bureau at Turin, in Italy; to the cen
trai bureau in Paris and to the British
bureau IT Liverpool.
Unable to Figure Quota
With embarkations at various ports
distributed over this vast area, Che
steamship companies are unable to
know what the quota will he when the
various ships converge at the Port of
New York. They maintain that if they
are advised by the Bureau of lmmigra-
ton that the quota for Poles, for ex-
ample, is 500. they should be reasonably
sale IN embarking $50 Poles. In good
laita they permit that number to take
passage on one of their steamships
"hiie he vessel is at sea they may be
ADVISED that the quota for the aliens
the ship is bringing is exhausted and
nose aboard the vessel will be de-
ported on arrival.
iAe steamship companies maintain
american consuls at ports of embarka
usn' They state also that the Ameri
san consuls abroad should be advised
y TINS government as to how many
saehs OF any quota should be permitte d
" " embark and to work in harmony with
sHe steamship lines. 1t is also con-
:.snaed that If this government through
rs consular agents abroad puts the
ss-l OF approval upon an aliens de-
NaIIare by vIseing his passport, the
government should not repudiate it in
alnefica and send the alien back be-
eSuse the quota had become exhausted
Atlantic. - '''' :
Regard Law Inoperab,e
lhe steamship companies regard the
provisions of the Dillingham; law as
.aoperable. They say that it is Just as
ss"Ss 1or the steamship lines to bring
~ restricted. and accurate alien pas
~ ssshger compliments as it would be fol
i; I'e newspapers of this country to pub
ash a limited circulation collectively
ton. ''~N va" " e. 0i'''i 3
me Cunard Line was fined for bring
s IN q group of Hungarians whose
yguo'a mad become exhausted while the
hungarian immigrants were on the At
..antie. All these aliens in coming here
sau tne sanction of the Hungarian gov.
esnments etice at Budapest, which is
sSceeolngly careful that no Hungarian
Vial come here and be deported be.
cause OF exhausted quota.