Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-06
Urge Congress To Act
I'm II. s. Immf grafton;
Most Vital Problem

A vital problem to come before
congress and one in which every
citizen should take an active inter
est. is the revision of our present re-
striction immigration laws. Stats
tics of the bureau Of immigration
show that during the months end
ing April so, 1922 26,406 laborers
came into the country and 81. 036 de-
parted, a net loss in our supply OF
common laborers of CASH..
An adequate supply of common
labor is essential to industry. We
cannot progress without sufficient
labor for our railroads, our mines
our farms and all of our industrial
operations. Skilled labor cannot hope
to be employed to its full capacity
unless there is sufficient common
labor to carry out the preliminary
operations.
Madison in our first congress made
the following historic recommends
tons:
ITO welcome every person of good
fame that really means to incorpo-
rate himself into, our society, to re-
Ject all who will not be "a real ad-
Oition to the welfare and strength
| of this United States,."
Our national policy ought to dis
tinguish the requirements for adj
mittance from those for naturaliZa-
ton. Admittance should be denied
to the ch%ronically diseased, the Grim
NAL, the defective, those that are not
producers or likely to become a pub
lie charge, all who oppose any form
CT government and who would eff
| feet political change by force, or are
incapable of citizenship.
These effective tests should be.ap-
piled to the alien 50 far as prac-
teal. When hi passports are vised,
Or at the port of embarkation and
not wait upon his arrival at our
| ports OF entry.
Our federal government should
have the right and ssum the re-
sp~onsibility of controlling and super
vising the distribution of the i'm
migrant. They should be in pos
session of accurate information, as
to the opportunities and economic
needs obtained through systematic,
official. private, state and federal CO.
| operation.
1t is due to the immigrant that
| he be truthfully informed of our op-
portunities in agriculture and in
| dustry. 1t is not beyond hope that
through the same agencies, the pro-
cess of naturalization may be stim-
ulated and aided.
A working knowledge of our Ian
guage and a practical understanding
o. our form of government should
l Gn o nroranY1iGifa IN natural t7a tim
and the privilege Of citizenship,
which should be accompanied by
suitable formalities that emphasize
its privileges and responsibilities and
when each ones qualification for
citizenship shall have been estab-
l.shed, naturalization should be reg
ulated exclusively through federal
action.
The time has come for the Amer
lean people to turn their attention
to the formalities of a constructive
| policy of selective immigration and
abandon the present negative legis-
| lation, which does not fill our eco-
nomic requirements or effectively
| control education and distribution or
the application of practical tests for
| admission.
A vital problem to come before
and one in which every
citizen should take an active interest
is the revision of u present re-
striction immigration laws. Stats
tics of the Bureau of immigrant IN
show that during the months ending
Apr 80. 1922, 26,406 laborers came
into the country and 91,036 depart
ed. net loss in our supply of COM
mon laborers of SASH.
An adequate supply of common
labor is essential to industry. We
cannot progress without sufficient
labor for our railroads. our mines,
our farms and all Of our industrial
operations. Skilled labor cannot
hope to be employed to its full ca
pacity unless there is sufficient COM
mon labor to carry out the prelimi-
nary operations.
Madison in our first congress
made the following historic recon-
mendations:
"To welcome any person of good
fame that really means to incorpo-
rate himself into society. to re-
1ect all who will not be "a real add
ton to the welfare and strength OF
the United States"
Our national policy ought to dis
tinguish the requirements for ad-