The Glenwood post., 1923-09-27
Uncle Ted'S Bed Time Stories
Current Events for the Children
and Grown-ups, Too
UNCLE TED TALKS
ON THE IMMIGRANT

"Here comes Uncle Ted now, and
l IN going to ask him." said Jack.
"What's that you are going to ask
me, JACKIE inuqired Uncle Ted from
the hall door.
owe want to know the difference
between an alien and an immigrant"
replied Jack.
"Well, Children" said Uncle Ted,
coming out on the porch, ga person of
foreign birth who has not become a
naturalized citizen is an alien, while
one who leaves a country and comes
to the United States for the purpose
of making it his home is an immigrant.
All immigrants are aliens until they
become citizens.'
care there many immigrants coming
to the United States?" asked Ruth,
go, yes, Ruth, but not nearly SO
many since congress passed a restric-
ton law that keeps out the least de-
sirable and permits only a certain
number to come in from each country.
For many years we have had laws to
keep out criminals, diseased persons
and paupers, and a few years ago con-
gress added literacy test to keep out
the ignorant also. The literacy test
requires the immigrant to be able to
read and write a certain number of
words either in his own language or
Americanize the foreigner who knows
some English. The literacy test was
passed by a Republican congress over
the veto of President Wilson. There
are so many people in Europe who are
so anxious to come to the United
States that one government over there
people coming over here so they can
pass the literacy test.''
"I wouldn't think that would be
very hard" said Jack. 81 could read
when I was eight years old"
cit isn't hard for those who are
capable of learning, but for the feeble
minded it is impossible. The law is
very strict on that matter because re-
ports show that the average intelli-
gence of our Migrants has been de-
clining and large per cent of them
have to be put in institutions and kept
by the government. What we try to
do is admit only those who will be-
come good citizens. People of low in.
telligence cost the United States $780,.
900, 900 every year. President Harding
speech at Portland, Oregon, Il prefer
waiting jobs to idle men. and I choos,
quality rather than quantity in future
immigrants. "
"What do they do with the people
who can't pass the test?" asked Ruth
"The literacy test ism the only re
quirement, as you probably know
They have to have n certain amount o,
money to keep them from becoming
paupers Immediately and have som,
idea of what they intend TO do owe,
here. Those who can not pass thu
tests are deported that is sent back tt
the country from which they came
They are not sent hurriedly; plenty OF
time is given for investigations anG
reports" :.
"Have you ever seen any of the i'm
migrants just coming in?" queried
Jack.
eyes, several times my work has
called me to Ellis Island, where the
immigrants are examined. The amount
of work done there is tremendous and
too often the public is msinformed
about some of the cases. ] remember
one in particular concerning some Ar.
menians who had been deported. The
papers said that fourteen children who
had been sent back to Turkey were
seized and killed when they landed
there. Everybody was quite interested
in this case and the bureau of immi-
grafton was severely criticized How
ever, Secretary of State Hughes start
ed an investigation and it was found
that some of those fourteen who were
deported were men and women and at
the time of the investigation they were
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