The Glenwood post., 1924-02-21
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AMERICAN IDEALS AND
STANDARDS THREATENED

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They had been playing for all they
we're worth. First it was in their own
yard, then in Freddie 3 and then all
over the town. To say that they were
tired and hungry would be to put it
mildly. On their wanderings in search
of kiddies' good time, they had as
their playmates little Giovanni Gisseppi
xnd his sister, Marietta, two Italian
children who's father was cobbler.
They had never met before and the
black hair, black eyes and olive skin
created a great amount of interest.
Both Ruth and Jack could talk Of
nothing else at the supper table, and
after the plates were cleared and every
one had passed into the living room by
the fireplace, the talk continued.
"You kiddies seem to be very much
interested in your little Italian
chums,'' said Uncle Ted.
"I liked them,'' answered Jack.
"They talk so funny. But they are
mighty nice"
"Of course they are NICE" answered
Uncle Ted. "Your enthusiasm over
these two children reminds me of
story that might be interesting at this
time. In fact, your enthusiasm is a
good deal like the enthusiasm of Uncle
Sam regarding all matters pertaining
to the coming of foreigners to our
shores. 1 don't mean that Giovanni and
his sister aren't all right. They are
probably fine kiddies. What do
mean is this:
eff we don't restrict in some way
the coming of immigrants, that is, for
eigners who come to our country to
live, the very ideals and standards OF
American life will be in danger of be-
ing undermined. You see, it is all
right that we should have people from
other countries coming to our country,
either before they leave their native
land or by registration and sending
back of undesirables, that the flood
of foreigners be limited.
"Just think, kidies. Nearly 2s,0Oo,-
900 native born whites or native Amer
lean parents live in our cities BUT
there are over 26,OOO,0OO whites of for
eign birth or foreign stock and of these
more than 100000 are foreign born.
The records of the department of labor
show that of nearly 100000 foreign
born whites, les than half are natur-
allied citizens.
''The worst part to me is that, de-
spite the laws now supposed to be IN
force we have coming into our coun-
try many classes of foreigners who
should never be allowed to land. We
are supposed to bar all Chinese, insane
people, blind, deaf, crippled and so on,
but a recent survey of the siuation
shows that this is not being done as
it should be.
ga committee of the house of repre-
sentatives recently made study of
this very thing, and here is what they
found: The foreign born make up
about IA per cent of our population,
but they furnish THIRTY PER CENT
OF THE POPULATION OF INsTITU
TIoNs CARING FOR THE VERY
GLASSES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
SUPPOSED TO BE KEPT OUT OF
THE COUNTRY.
'sNo man has given this situation
more careful study that Robe Carl
White, assistant secretary of labor, who
is in charge of immigration. Being at
the very pulse of the situation, he re-
alizes what is going on and what must
be done. He knows that the rest of
the world thinks Uncle Sam is easy
and that everything goes.
Everyone who hears all of these
facts naturally wants to know what
can be done to help the trouble. Mr..
White feels that there is one plan
worth trying. That is to restrict and
select the immigrants and enroll all
aliens who have come to our shores in
the past as well as in the future. Let