Great Falls tribune., 1922-02-21
BIZ FREDERICK
]. HASKW

quota law is new and that these cases
represent the main hitch in the law
as it stands. The department has
tried to treat these exceptional cases
with fairness. 1t has even, he says,
been over sympathetic in good many
instances. The case Of one Scotch
boy, while not quota case, illustrates
the departments hesitancy to cause
hardship.
"This boy" Mr.. Husband explained,
twas widely known as cripple in
accounts Of his case. In reality he
was an imbecile--he was SO certified
by a board of surgeons at two differ
ent times. He should, therefore, have
been sent back to Europe at once
when his mother came here with him
year ago to join his father.
ssBut friends were aroused and
pressure was brought to bear on the
department to admit the boy for a
visit. The department expressed the
opinion that it would be best for all
concerned for the boy to go back at
once.
"One bureau Of immigration letter
in the voluminous correspondence SAID
in part:
cit is distressing thing to de-
port a child in the present situation,
but it would be still more distressing
and prolongation of the agony to
tear him from the parental roof, once
admitted, and return him to Scot
land
"But eventually the department
agreed to admit him for year
visit. When the year was UP, not long
ago, be had to 60 back, and as the
department had foreseen, the separa-
ton was worse than it would have
been at first.
"The friends OF alien families are
naturally eager to have them admit
ted and they do not always understand
why an individual is barred when the
| quota of his country is not filled:
They say, oh, he could not read, and
so he had to 60 back When they
| write to US and we look into the case
we find that the immigrant had
tuberculosis, or he was insane, or an
imbecile, or for some other serious
reason was expressly debarred by the
present law. Only congress can
change such restrictions which are for
the protection of this country"
Quota Law Seems Satisfactory
In general Mr.. Husband finds that
the quota law works efficiently
panies caused some quotas to be ex-
ceeded, and made difficulties by bring
i ing in more aliens than could be
legally admitted. This country was
not responsible, as we have no con-
troll over immigrants leaving Europe.
The consuls, it is true. limit the num-
Der of yisas according to the quota
law. But when they begin to do this
a great many outstanding visas had
| been issued and these have upset cal
| culations to some extent.
The matter of steamships racing
was not of great significance, Mr..
Husband says. 1t occurred in the case
| Of a few ships carrying Greeks. Two
or three of these ships would lie out
side the harbor until just before mid
night at the beginning of month.
Then they would race to see who
would get to quarantine first. In one
| instance, ship arrived at 12:O0 and
another got in two minutes later.
| This has stopped.
| Whether the quota law goes out of
| effect june 80. or whether it is re-
newed, depends on congress. Con-
/ gress has for years wanted such law
| BY which the steady stream of imml-
grafton from southern and eastern
Europe might be partly checked with
out restricting the immigration from
the northern and western Europe.
The immigration from these southern
and eastern countries was more than
! four times as heavy as that from the
rest of Europe and the balance tended
to become more unequal all the time.
The quota law settled the proper
tions definitely. giving northern and
western countries 2G5,oOo immi-
grants in the year. and the rest of
Europe $4,000 With nearly five
months of the fiscal year left. the
northern and western countries have
not sent their quotas, while the other
countries almost without exception
| hnrn filInd theirs for the Yenr.