The Minnesota fiery cross., 1924-04-11
BUCKEYE MEMBER
OF CONGRESS IS
FOR Immigration
Charles A. Mooney, Cleve-
land, Against Johnson
Restrictive Bill
ALIENS IN HOSPITALS
Fifty Per Cent of Inmates in
Ohio Institution Not Citi-
zens of Country
ALIENS IN HOSPITALS
(Bureau Of Publication and Education,

(Bureau OF Publication and Educ atiOnp
WASHINGTON, ID. c., April t.
Representa- Charles A. Mooney,
of Cleveland, who represents the
twentieth Ohio district in the house
of representative. is out and out
against the johnson immigration bill
and says so openly. In letter dated
March 6, 1924, he wrote to one of his
constituents as follows:
II am just in receipt of your val
ued favor of the lst, in which you
enclose resolution adopted endorsing
the Johnson bill. Replying, may
say that regard the Johnson bill as
distinctly unfair and un-American.
expect to give myself the pleasure of
opposing it when it reaches the
floor.
Sincerely yours,
Charles A. Mooney"
This Ohio constituent sat down and
sent the following hot one back to
his alien congressman: Il am in re-
ceipt of your letter Of the 9Th inst,
and want to say that next November
when you come up for reelection
that l will give myself the pleasure
of voting against you and so will all
my friends whom l can influence to
do So"
Some Cleveland Facts
Here are few nuts for Congress
man Mooney to crack, and they are
gathered from his home city. The
state hospital at Cleveland, according
to Guy Williams, it's superindent, and
the Cleveland state hospital is only
one of the many institutions taking
care of large numbers of foreign borr
dependents, delinquents, and other
public charges? The state hospital al
Cleveland has over 1900 patients, each
one of which costs the Ohio taxpayers
$3.50 per year, or 1864, 900 annually
About one-third of a million of dol
lars in these days of crushing take!
for the good people of Ohio to pa!
for the maintenance of only one hos
pital that merely takes care of the
social inadequates in only one of it
it's big cities.
Will Mr.. Mooney take look at the
individuals in that institution. Owe
so per cent of them are foreign born
The same statistics are true of othtel
state hospitals over the country
Just think of it, foreign countrie
must be literally dumping thei
weaklings upon US 70 spread her
their European and oriental diseases
and we have to foot the bill. Fo
years our immigration doors hav'
been wide open and our foolish gen
erosity and hospitality naturally ha
been taken advantage of. What a re
ceptacle for Europe's trash and Con
gresham Moneys home town has sc
cured it's share in one hospital.
Here are a few more thinks 10
Mr.. Mooney. The city of Clevelan'
is less than "a per cent foreign born
yet it's state hospital has 1900 in
mates and over so per cent of then
are foreign born. See where our in
sane and dependents come from
About IL per cent of the entire pop
ulation of the big state of Ohio
foreign born, but when you get int
the hospitals you find half of then
are foreigners. Mr.. Mooney can wei
afford to ponder over these figures
Proud Of Foreign Birth
When these foreign born go int
the state institutions provided TO
persons unable to pay for their owI
care and keep, the vast proportion o
them brazenly and boastfully an
nounce their foreign citizenship an
declare they have an easier time get
ting along as such than they woul'