The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-21
HUSBAND SAYS
THERE AREFEWER
IMMIGRANTS
Commissioner Declares
Dillingham; Law Keeps
Out UndesirabIes

IF common report may be be-
licyed the per centum limit law is
holding back hundreds of thou
sonds of Europeans who would
otherwise come to the United
States, says Commissioner of I'm
migration ". W. Husband "Ob-
! viouSly this is just what Congress
intended, and if the same restrict
i've policy is to be continued it
would probably be impossible to
find more simple and effective
means to that end than is afford
cd by the operation Of the percen
taPe."
The Dillingham; imnia tom
law passed last year ri a5d INN
/ grafton for the ensuing sea. -:
the basis of 3 per cei5 q
number of countrymea
see king admission now
United States. This law
effect June Bird, 1921, 10 days a
ter its approval by the President,
ana very shortly about 1900
aliens in excess of the quotas al
lowed for that month were seek
ing admission at United States
ports Each of these aliens was
entitled to a full examination
under the general immigration
law, including an appeal to the
Secretary of Labor, says Nh
Husband ITO have handled the
matter in the regular way should
have required several weeks or
even months, and Secretary of La
Dor Davis took the only sensible
course when he directed that the
immigrants should be temporarily
admitted and charged against the
quotas of later months"
As a matter of fact only about
1C0O immigrants have been actu-
ally deported under the DAling-
ham law, according to the Com
mission, while somewhat more
than twice that number have been
temporarily admitted and are
now in the country waiting pos
sible Congressional action which
will make their permanent admis-
sion possible
Mr.. Husband is anxious for
early legislation if the present
system is to be extended another
year, in order that all interests
may have ample time in which to
prepare for the activities of the
next fiscal year. A measure to
extend the law for one year has
been passed by the House of Rep
rcScntatiVeS, and now awaits SEN
ate action. Meanwhile the demo-
Gratis are apparently engaged in a
piecemeal fiilibuster to retard con-
structive legislation. The value
o. the time killed by them in
wrangling over the zap treaty
was greater than the island
1t is apparent that the admis-
tration has dealt leniently with
immigrants whose quotas were eX-
h2usted, and it does not appear
that those foreign shipping CON
Gems who seem to have brought
in passengers knowing they would
not be admitted have been harsh-
ly penalized for the greed that
made Ellis Island a bullying ware
house of humanity during the
holidays. But if the law was ex-
terded is passed in good time no
one can avail of the excuse of be
ing caught unprepared.
Mr. Husband suggests some i'm
proVcmcnts in the law which can
be secured by way of amendment,
but once the law is extended
there would seem no valid eX-
crse for not observing it to the
letter. There are a large num-
be- of Americans who believe the
Law should be made permanent, or
at least extended over a long pc
riod, Its operation during the
next year may strengthen that
opinion. Most of the social