New Britain herald., 1923-06-08
new BRITAIN MAN
As. OF S. T.LEADER


James j.. curran of la5 FaiFview
street, New Britain, was named chair
man ~ the Hartford branch af the
American Society Of Steel TreateFs al
The anssal banquet in the Hotel Bond
az Hartford last eyening, Mr., enrran
has Just finished successful term as
secretary and treasurer OF the Or
/ ganisatlon, He is a chemist with the
( Henry s0uthef Engineering Co., OF
Hartford
G, n, nlaekman OF Elmwoed, rep.
/ resaRtlng the Colts Manufacturing
Co., OF Hartford, was elected vice
chairman, l., 4, tanning OF the New
1 Departure Co, OF Meriden succeeded
Mr., curran as seefetary-treasurer
L, X, Downes OF Forestville, repre-
senting the New Britain Machine Co..
j, c. Kielman OF the New Departure
CO., at Bristol: A, II, d'Areamhal, OF
Pratt & Whitney, Hartford, and the
retiring chairman: X. +. Stanton OF
Pratt & Whitney and c. A. Allen OF
the Underwood Typewriter Co, OF
Hartford. were named an executive
committee. on the executive COM
mittee also were named r. w. Wood
ward, Ph.D.. now with Pratt & Whit
ney. formerly with the L. :, bureau OF
census at Washington. and p. 8.
Lewis. mechanical superintendent OF
the tool and die departments Mt the
Stanley Works. New Britain, and
president OF the New Britain branch
of the American Society OF Mechani-
cal Engineers, and Henry I. Moore OF
the Firth Sterling Steel Co.. Hartford.
An honorary executive committee
was appointed. consisting OF Past Ma
tional President +. p. Gilligan OF the
Henry Souther Co., D. II. Stacks, con-
sulting engineer of Hartford and N.
T.. Gere OF the New Departure Co.,
Bristol.
II was reported that the member
ship has increased so. per cent dur
ing the past year and now totals $50.
Those present from New Britain
were J. j. Curran, r. s. Lewis, Wells
C. Foster. C. H. Martin, w. c. Rowe,
Ralph Northrop, p, r, Swift, William
Smith, William Trick, +. NJ Nor
throp. J. T. O'Connor, B. Wagner and
Ernest r. Dechant.
The principal speaker was George
B. Chandler, state compensation COM
missioner and secretary of the Con-
necticut chamber of commerce. Mr.
Chandler spoke on the immigration
question. He pointed out that Amer
lean industry is handicapped by too
severe restriction of immigration, but
that too liberal letting down Of the
bars would give this country an in
fux of immigrants too rapidly to be
assimilated. He said immigrants
should be examined not only for sani-
.ary and health reasons but for
morals, industry and political beliefs
before they are permitted to enter. ,,
He advocated an examining bureau :
It the ports of examination and said
We want to know whether they in
end to become amalgamated into the
avs and customs of the country. be-
.ome good law abiding citizens, set
lie down in New Britain, Bristol.
Hartford or other cities and raise
antilles that will be a credit, or just
O come over here and raise hell"
He showed that in intelligence
ests made in 1916 those born in
England rated at 16 pc recent. those
n Scotland Is, those in Ireland about
he same, those born in France IL
,er cent, those born in Germany 10
'er cent, those born in Sweden about
tx per cent, those born in Italy in
he neighborhood of three per cent II
nd those born in Poland and Russia n
little over one per cent \