The Denver Jewish news., 1923-08-30
Discussion of Current Topics
immigration QuestiOn-Louis Marshall DenOunces the
Labor Secretary's Selection Fad
BY GERsHoN AGRoNsKY


how many Immigrants want to do Amer
lea. Mr. Davis mind was quite made
mp when he went to Europe, that the
thing to do was to admit only picked
immigrants" And everywhere he went
in Europe he thought he found corrO-
horation Of the theory he carried across
the Atlantic to the old world.
Nor is this surprising Secretary
Davis has been tinkering with the i'm
migration law SO long and looking at
immigration figures so hard until the
alien menace hns been magnified In
his mind ont of NIL proportion. He
sees nothing hut sOriies and hOrtles Of
immigrants waiting to make the final
swoop and "alienixe America" And tbe
Secretary is all for saving America
from this danger. Selection will do It.
he think. 1t will eliminate the troubles
and henrtacl,es II all examinations are
made abroad. There will be steady
flow Of immigrants rather than the
present racing and rushing Of ships. 1t
will encourage those who have an un-
derstnMlinG Of, and are In sympathy
with. American ideals, American ways
and institutions, who would ise easily
assimilatesl into American life, and
will i,e able to keep out those who are
hostile to those principles
And then comes this rub: IT." says
e. 1.n 1psax mi
vision tn make a real true rigid selec-
tive Immigration law. we will he nhae
to get strong outstanding men and
women from Europe to come to Amer
ica.''
In other words. leave 1t to Consuls.
their assistants and petty officials, to
decide who is likely to becOme q str0aG.
up standing American. assi9lliatalae ~
70 American life. urges Mr.. Davis.
NJ. havis, cnuSd do. no better. A
fh66fh N Esrssse \ NJ esounEi, far
anyone for complete ~tnsey a. the No.
migratiOn prol,leM. not rven f1r -
who was horn in Wales aud raised to
the ssretaryship Of Labor In these
United States.
1t In different with President COOl-
i,lge. He IL not handicapped by for
eign birth. which makes naturalisesi
Americans at least 40 per cent. Amer
lem. nor. Ii his view ol,structed by
statistical immigration tables. Why
President Coolidge secs fit to adopt. en-
bloc. Mr.. Davis views 40 soon after
his assumption of Office. too early to
have really found out for himself what
the country wants. remains y mystery
which only those who speak for him at
ihe White House can explain.
AlthOngs pnt an integral part Of this
discussion what may he called the
sl,les-IMvis-Curran controversy does
serve as an interesting side-light. Sir
Auckland Ge<ftles. British Ambassador
at Washington was plainly disgusted
with what he saw at Ellis Island, when
at the request of his government he
visited the place early this year. As
Frankly and as Onpcnly rs 1t IL di-
Dramatically possible. Sir Auckland
communicated this disgust to his gov
ernment, which government upon Its
Ambassadors return for a visit some.
let the world know with az much cor
diality as possible that Its Ambassador
was disRusted with Ellis Island. And
now everybody in America who reads
newspapers knows it. Commissioner OF
Immigration Curran is aware OF It.
What disgusted Sir Auckland Is nat
urally the treatment, the equal treat
ment. mind you. accorded the Britisher
when he gets over on the Island. The
Britisher is white man." the Am
bassador feels. and should he singled
out for favOrite treatment. He ought
not to Ike hertlcd with Jews and Lafins
Ind wlat-no who are notoriously not
white men, However. Sir Auckland in
a gentleman. Rather than say that
the British should he kept apart and
saved from contamination, he recon-
mends the establishment of kosher
department for the Jews. wsich on
first and second and last analysis means
.he sumc thing. This is the weak point
in Sir Aucklnnd's nrmOr and Mr.. Cur
ran, nm athletic looking man with
TT that point. And. intimates Mr.. Cur
ran, what the Ambassador wants is not
rpnlly that the Jews should he able to
strictly observe the dietary laws so
much as thMt the English should not be
made to mix with them. The Islard
which never Disseminated between
race or nationality will not do SO in