South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-22
COURTS PROBE War
RECORDS OF ALIENS
IN RUSH FOR JOBS
Preference for Citizens Brings
Big Rush for Citizen
ship Papers.

ly.Ur with tho request 90 American
LEGION leaders lu Detroit circuit
judecs passing on citizenship app
rlie4Uors by aliens. viii question
each applicant about his action
dgrinE The war and cude1vOr in
that way TO discover men VINO
avoided draft as aliens. and VINO
have not yet made any effort 20
become citizens.
Dr. Franklin B Brodericlz, state
welfare officer OF the legion. ln "A.
-.-ror 90 Judge Ira W. Jayne. pre-
siding judge OF the circuit court,
a.ssd that aliens boo denied papers
IS they had claimed exemption on
tho ground they were aliens. This
is not within the power Of the cir
Cu.t court Judge jayne said Mon
H.y but each judge viii question
every applicant
Draft Cards Requested
Tho legion representative also re-
quests THAT ans applicant who can
NOT show a registration card for
fre draft. and who was under 81
gears Of age iu 1887. or show evil
Gcuce OF honorable service I'm one
OF the allied armies be recorded,
ead that his name and address be
given to- federal authorities.
The employment agency opened
bs the Wayne county council Of the
-mcricau Legion was notified Mon
- to send so men Co the Ford
plant loo Iirhl1nd Park TO start
work Tuesday Married men. %
white and % Negroes. were given
the assignment. and the same num-
hor win be sent Wednesday To is
believed that the Ford Co. Win
continue to hire 80 men from that
office daily until the 20 per cent
increase JOB their forces. announced
by PRIEST Edsel Ford Monday. is
completed. Air Ford said prefer
euce viii DC given American citi-
zens and cN-service men.
The Veterans of Foreign wars en-
pl1yment agency ca Grand River
avenue viii send "a .miIar number
OF joblcss veterans. and 50 old
workers for Ford viii be accepted
daily also. according to the belief
90 the men in charge of the legion
office
Aliens Crowd Office
Allen factory workers i'm Detroit
arc rushing 90 the county clerk s
office at the rate OF more than 200
a day 20 obtain their citizenship
papers. following announcements
on the part of employers THAI they
viii give preference TO sx-serviCe
men and citizens OF the United
states who seek employment. The
majority Of the applicants are en-
pioyes Of the Ford Motor Co.
Judge John Faust chairman OF
the Detroit committee on unemploy-
Auent Of former service men. IN a
~etter 20 Edsel Ford. condemned the
rush of aliens TO obtain naturaliza-
tion papers "a ca disgraCeful pros
titution of American citizenship. '
and asked the manufacture wheth-
CT he cannot take some steps which
VIII prevent these men from reap
ing advantage from such CoNardIy
courseF
In a letter 20 the head OF the
Ford Co. Judge Faust told OF
evidence he has received that GER
tain foremen IN the Ford plant have
been warning the aliens working I'M
better seek citizenship papers fin or
der u save their jobs This has re-
suited in the crowded halls of the
county building where hundreds
have been turned away because the
county clerk was not able to make
ont their papers This I'm spite OF
the fact that six extra clerks are
working at the task .u the clerks
office and handling an increase of
500 per cent over the average NUM-
Der ~ alien applicants
This rush of aliens for papers il.
forced patriotism acc0rd.ue q
Judge Faust. and he believes that
The aliens had neither the desire
nor inclination 90 become citizens
until they faced the prospect of los
ing their jobs Representative.
~ certain patriotic organizations
n .Il wait on The proper judges as
u officials" to see 90 .t that alien.
qualify fully for citizenship before
thev are excepted
The rush OF aliens for first pap
,rs began with the opening of the
.e-.on- employment campaign on
behalf Cf eN-sIdler@ Dr. Frank r.
Eroder..k state welfare officer OF
ttc legion declared q number of
aliens lined uu at the cart BUILDING
oeIch Monday morning. ".r
am affCTt 90 save their jobs some
90 Them. he added. had asked for
working papers, instead OF citizen.
s-.o papers
is estimated There are 10000