The Cordova daily times., 1922-04-12

| migrants from that country to the United States, w. w. Husband, Com missioner General of Immigration, de- clared recently.
 When the peace treaty between the United States and Germany was signed it was the general belief that Germans would flock to the United States in order to get away from the 1 heavy burden of taxation imposed by i the reparation demands of the Allies. Contrary to this expectation statistics of the Bureau of Immigration show that only 12,522 Germans have been admitted to the United States since
 July 1, 1921 Under the per cent
 quota law 6S,039 Germans are ad- missible to this country during he ifs cal year ending June 30, 1922.
 ''It takes many thousands of marks to pay for the passage to the United States" said Commissioner Husband, "and unless the matter is financed in this country, as is the case with some nationalities, it is almost impossible for the average German to raise the required amount
 "It is evident" continued Commits sioner Husband, "that the Germans | in this country are not financing many operations to bring their breth- ern and friends from the Fatherand to the United States"
 KIN LEFT BEHIND Officials pointed out that many O. the Germans now in this country had come here Zen familie" and had left few relations in the old country. This I is not the case with number Of na- tionalities. including the Russians, Poles, Italians, Greeks, Hebrews, Syr- ians and others The latter left many
 relatives behind when they emigrated
 to the United States, and most of the
 troubles of the Immigration Bureau is administering the per cent immigra-
 tion law are due to the efforts of these
 people to bring in their relatives when
 the quotas of the countries whence
 they originate are exhausted.
 The countless appeals to the Sec retary of Labor to disregard the law and let in these penniless immigrants
 make the problem not only heavy in the extreme but one continual tug at his heart Hundreds of these new
 arrivals have relatives already in this
 country who are ready to move heaven
 and earth to get men to act in my of ficial capacity and let in some espe-
 cially worthy or distressing case"
 said Secretary of Labor Davis, in dis
 cussing the problem.
 Naturally, in the eyes of these aliens themselves and in the judgment of their relatives, every case among them is that especially worthy or dis i tressing case," he added. "Of course, some of these cases are genuinely distressing. Wherever I could I have stretched a point It has been my aim to administer the law humanely and 1 let the doubtful alien stay with us whenever 1t was possible without vio- l latine the laws.
 "3TIRRlNG PUBLIC OPINION"
 "But in countless cases where an fo l distressful circumstances surrounding the case have been worked up for the express purpose of stirring public opinion and forcing me to strain the law and withhold deportation. single instance of this will show how it is done.
 "4et us say that the father or an elder brother of some large family ill Europe has migrated to America some years ago. He has come here with I the laudable purpose of establishing 1 himself here in new country and perhaps preparing the way for the rest of the family. This is well enough provided the family are in good health. Nothing is said of the heart break of broken family ties in Europe.
 "The first member of the family in America perhaps draws after him Cne 1 by one the family until the last one is left in Europe. Nothing is said of the loneliness of this last member cut l off--in Europe--from the rest of the family. This last member has been left the last, in many cases. for a
 good reason, There is grave doubt
 as to whether the last member can
 pass the immigration law, the physi-
 cal examination or the mental tests necessary to admittance to America. l rp,. T x1,r