The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-23

there should be additional laws
making It IA felony for any resident
| of the United States to make a false
statement concerning the admiasi
| bility OF any relative or other inn
migrant.
This law. she says, should be 20
| drastic that II will seal up one of
the most lntolerable loopholes In
our immi grafton system.
How 10 Scatter Immigrants.
1t IL suggested by Mss Russell
| that instead OF the steamship lines
/ depositirg all their immigrants at
/ Ellis Island, license sould be given
/ for Decentralization OF immigrants
at other ports. This would scatter
the immigration throughout the
| country, place the farmer imntl-
grants In the farming sections and
relieve New York from increasing
ito present foreign population.
This system would likewise put a
stop to clandestine immigrat on"
she says. THE newspapers in Italy
publish, after the sailing OF prac-
tically every stea mcr for the United
states, that number OF clandcsliue
immigrants have been found hidden
on board and were arrested. and In
almost every case they were Grim
inals. These men pay large sums
. " Df fIlluEkltu bll buhIu NIt Rlfti
er and, II they succeed In reaching
New York, d scmbark as members
of the crew"
AZ showing how the United States
has been menaced by hordes OF un-
+ desirables seeking to emlgrate to
this country. Miss Russell cited tho
following incident:
"Immigranis Of Low Mentality"
N'During tho years 1920 and 1921,
u l..N V1F.. @
( crowds of unwashed, ill-fcd, pro-
spect.ve immigrants--most OF them
OF very low mentality and moral
fiber--surged around the consulate.
/ These people were from Poland,
Russia or Rumania and claimed TO
/ have blood relatives in America who
would take care OF them ana guar
antee them support. They did not
+ know the meaning of the word
/ truthfulneSs and were carriers OF
| disease caused by their extreme bod
! lily filth. 1t was discovered that
| large numbers OF Poles were apply
| ing for vises at Vienna. ella ming the
/ necessary one years residence In
/ the place of departure.
/ 1T was found that underground
/ channels of Information existed
among these people as to how To
have false documents prepared by
. IllNtAiHE curtain hbtNlN . III klNtH
cafe houses In certain cases law
yers would appear as Intermediates
/ or friends frOY the United states.
Usually naturalized American citl-
zens would appear as spOkcsmen.
These often proved To be 'promOt-
ers OF immigration who would oh
/ tain in New York the names of per-
sons wishing their so-callcd relatives
| to come over ana who, for the con-
D Il i,... Al q
/ In Zach case would fill out "A large
, list OF names and undertake TO 90
/ to eastern Europe to see them
+ through all wise and travelling for
/ malities.
I'm one case a New York notary
public, who had obtained names of
| people coming TO him professionally
/ TO make out affidayits undertook to
/ bring over my imuir a.tl W..
he declared to be his relatives. and
who claimed n years residence In
Austria. An Investigation proved
that they all had false documents.
One OF them divulgod the fact that
the intermediary was 20 receive
$500 each upon their arrival in the
/ United States"
AS a result of her European trip
VI s RJs.c cIl ~ shs uIs come 10
/ the following conclusions:
. "Our America has passed the tran
sition stage. IT is today world
power. An intelligent, loyal citizen
ship Is It's propulsive force. Solidin-
| cation OF all its elements Is essen
tial TO perpetuity The melting POT
has been overcrOwded, II has boiled
too quickly and Is running over. II
would be better TO put out the fires
under II and allow It's contents 10
sol!dify before adding more raw
material. II we don't keep up the
bars and make them higher and
America for Americans"