Evening star., 1923-08-26
RIFF RAFF NOW DUMPED :.
=. UPON AMERICAN SHORES
Problem of Undesirables Complicates
Work of u. S. Officials Who
Strive for Solution.

| the stories, some false and some true ,
| that are told every day, to the board
| of review. ~.
If I tell you tho story. perhaps
you'll say; Fudge" so come sit and
listen, and then you may judge, If the
| men and the women. whose stories
unfold. are quite like the aliens, you
/ cnce knew of old
One comes as d student he shows
| his diploma, but we can't let him In.
because he has trachoma. a well
! meaning lady, kind hearted, would
! have us, admit those afflicted with
| itch and with favus.
! A man from old Scotland. stront
| bodied, clear Drained, comes with all
the wealth, that his labor has gained
| OF the right kind of spirit. and good
! viii there's no lack, but TIL" man can
| not read, and We must send him back
| A man from the Eolga, stands next
! in the line, in appearance villain.
| but his manners ar" fine, in a Ian
| guage unknown, to ne or. TO you. h.
| reads and is passed. by the board OF
review.
| For such is the law. that stands :
OUT guide, and we cannot bend il, or
set II aside, We must bar out the man.
!; who IS illiterate. and admit one who
| reads, though his hearts full of hate.
! OF our country, its flag. our ideals.
. our laws. but he feels that we, must
! admit him, because, he knows how 10
pass, the iliftcrate test. that's thr
law; but, dear God, is il really tho
best.
The feeble in body the feeble IN
IL - come 10 US jostling. the dear.
j dun and blind, imbecility, lunac.
! the cr. linal. too. they'll all come be
| fore you, 1T the boa rd Of review.
They come with hearts Valvular
chronic cardiac. tubercular lungs, and
with curvature back, ankaylosis psy-
Ghosts. aud hernia too they all COM
before you, at the board Of review
An uncle shows up. with kink in
his head. saying it's his desire, his
town niece to wed. woman with
babies. she says arc her own, by :
man not her husband, but the raSc3
had flown.
Some stories are true. and some
raise as hell with some too revolving.
for chaste lips TO tell. all kinds Of
Shapes, known to woman or man, with
one object in view, to get in if the!
can.
Psychologists, scientists. psvcho
analists too, tell US mankind's evolv-
ing, and think it's quite true. faith
VIC sure mus BE- changin', SCI Den
| mis-. Mick. for once ] wuz Irish, but
| they say I'm Nordic
American tourists. much money.
less brains, travel through Europ".
on profitcer gains, hear stories OF
list with ears open. and mouth all
agape
Then they grow r1audlfn. over sto~
res they'r" toid. they select a few
orphans. some yUUng and some old.
they pay their Way over on some sea
going bus. in defiance Of law; they ar.
loa dtd on US.
Led to beiieyc that. they don't hay",
TO please US, They come with all kinds
; of contagious diseases. they conc Is
| the thousand and without diminutiou
! fleeing religious, and race pers. cution.
And while YOU are with Us. just look
| at each name, and quickly youIi see
! that they're not quite the same. az
those who once landed. TO work and t.
| pray. perhaps YOU may think. some o.
| these come to prey.
Here comes a Turk, after him 81
| Gillian, Pole and d Latyian, now and
! then a Brazilian, Albanians. Ckrani-
ans. they come by the score. TO this
/ easy-mark land, with its wide -ope!4
| door.
Lithuanians. Ruthenians. Rouma,l4
! ians. and Greeks the loads gettins
! heavy, my how the floor creaks, tlv.
human tide changes. We arc getting
! Esthonians, instead of the men W..
once knew as !CorkonianS.
Silecians, Armenians they crowd
one another the Chinaman too, with his
! little Jap brother. Arabian, SChwabiar
| Slovenian and Croat, no wonder tn,.
thoughtful, ask where are we at.
{
African too. Portuguese. Siamese. :,
! wild motley crew. Mongolians. Tyro-
| leans. Gallicians and Firms. while Ia"
/ man from Manchuria, sits there and
! grins.
! AS he looks at the stream. before him
| flowing past. and wonders. no doubt.
| just how long will il last from tn,
states OF old Germany. just east ~
i, Prussia. come men from the land, w.
/ once knew as Russia.
! The Tartd. the Cossach. with m, I.
| from tho Don. Siberian men. that tn,
north winds blow on. YOU say you'r.
! hcwtldered. faith. 10 not blame H,.
! wait. here comes a crowd, from Mcso-
| potamia.
There orcc was a time. when ",
used to get British, not many COM
now. in their plac" w" get Yiddisn
/ Palestinians. Assyrians. with thctI.
bundles and loads. strike hands with
I a crowd, from the Island Of Rhodes
! Besserabian. Litt. and the Czecho..
slovakian, Maltese. Singalese, com
SO fast that we hardly can. coun,
! them as they throng that long hume.
lane. that once knew Norwegian, tn
Swede and tire Dane.
! Now comes Bulgarian, with his
! troubles and woes, after him an Aus
for his passport is gone. and he
| lost his last friend. he can't tall
read or write. surely this is the end .
/ But no. here's another. from far-o;
| Cathay. with man dark of skin.
| just arrived from Bombay. Newfound
landers. Icelanders. New Zealanders
i too. come here to appeal, to thy
! board of review.
| These are Il few OF. the races thai
| fee, from shell-shocked old Europe.
TO this land Of the free. from the
| land of the bolshevist they are COM
ing by stealth. despising hard labor.
| yet looking for wealth
| All kinds OF women. all kinds oi
men, We reject and exclude. again AMI
again. anarchist. communist. bigs
| mist too, you'll hear If you sit. witt
| the board of review.
We arc asked to admit. all kind
! of queer people, some of them pyE--
mics, some tall as Il stecplc, the per
vert comes TOO, we cannot analyZ'
him. he might turn out right. il We
could steriize him.
/ 4 man and his wife, and four chill
dren arrive. they have left one NOR
/ child, over sea and alive, but the KID
| is an imbccile. 50 they thought il
wise. to come here without him, ana
! tell some white lies.
! To first gain admittance. then foI-
/ him to send. hoping We to admit him,
I would the law break or bend, with
| the aid of sob sisters. who tell us that
we, would be heartless and cruel, a
: Indians could be.
If that family we. should by vot.
eparate. in denying admitta nee. whci
| he knocks on our gate. to that poor
| lonely child. whose parents SO kind.
did the real separating, when they
t'ieft him behind.
! Let's suppose we admit him. ana
later he weds. he in turn becomes.
! father, to children whose heads. are
! lacking in balance, are lacking in
| brain. pray tell us dear sister. just
| what do we gain?
| Is it right that our country. its asy
iumS it's tails. should in wears be-