Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-07
TO FORMULATE NEW PLAN
OF LANDING IMMIGRANTS
Ship Line Officers and u. S. On!ciaIs
Will Meet To Discuss
Situation.
MAY WIPE SLATE CLEAN
III Owners of Vessels VIII Not Ey.
cced Quotas, 400 or More Now in
EXCESS OF August Allowance Will
he Admitted Under Bond.
Iny Ns.nclntnl rrcsn. |

WASIIINGTON, Aug. G.--Trantic
midnight racing Of immigrant ladcn
steamers into American harbors TO
iahd monthly quotas in the first
minutes OF the first day Of new
months may be done away with her.
Monday when ship-iine officers and
immigration officials yet together TO
formulate new agreement
Co'inlss Toner General Husband, OF
inc Immigration Bureau. in annoumc-
'hG INC conference" today, said he was
Wiling to wipe the state clean" adj
mt under bond tho 100 or so Aug,:st
quota cNccSs nov In harbors. and h."
tih all over again Il the compaEt"S
would reach a binding agreement
among themselves not to exceed
quotas hereafter.
Qu"ins Are Exceeded.
Due TO such Il race July 81. tho
Greek. Turkish and other small
quotas for August were exceeded In
the FIRST two minutes OF August
one ship lost out because Of n lighter
crossing her bow and riskcd carrying
mack her load Of immigrants AT the
compnny's expense rather than tax. q
chance on running down the barge.
small part OF the months quota O,
Greeks. and had refused. Commissions
ar Husband said, To take others 4
creek ship with tho whole month
quota OF Greeks left after the British
vessel. but won by two minutes in
uockins August !. and would he per-
united to land her entire cargo un-
der existing rulings. The conference
next Monday Is planned 10 devils"
ways and means OF mcctint, this sit
uation.
Commissioner Husband said he had
been warned when the present law
was enacted that there would prob
ABLY be efforts 10 make a game Of 1t
IA order 10 prevent further efforts 10
limit immigration when the cmcr-
HencH measure expires Companies.
however that bring the majority Of
immigrants are adhcring strictly TO
agreements. among themselves. how
ever, he added that they would no,
bring more aliens OF any nationality
than could be admitted under each
months quota. The dinculty is with
s'hh Her lines and comparatively small
numbers OF immigrants. he said.
None Ordered Hack.
Since June 30. probably not more
than 400 aliens have arrived in OK
cess of quotas. hut these have taken
practically all IN. time Of the huroaii
officials TO handle. II was said Con-
siderable pressure has been brought
by members or Congress and o,h.rs
10 permit them to be admitted. once
they reach port, FOR Humanitarian"
reasons. the commissioner said. and
none had been ordered taken back by
the ship companies that brought them
rs yet. ~
Steamship lines are appealing for
relSar Mr.. husband said. and /, is
proposed "a. Mondays meeting to
start again. There was excuse for
the exceeded quotas in June when the
Italian quota was exceeded by $500.
Mr.. Husband said. but none FOR the
repeated disregnrding Of the rule by
certain lines. Since June italian i'm
miSratIon has been regulated by the
companies handling that business. and
there remained in July a balance Of
200 that could have bccn brought.
but that VIII be distributed through
the year 10y the companies. under
agreement among themselves.