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BULL E In
OF THE sLOVAK LEAGUE or
AMERICA.
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RESTRICTED IMMIGRATION.

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Hearings before the Committee
We're held in w ashington, D. C.,
on the days Of January End, 3rd,
4tf and 9Th. Many represents
tlves ct organizations of foreign
born citizens attended. Among
them were this writer, and Rev. {
G. l.. Orbach, President OF the
daily .Slovak Amerike" Of New
York, n. X, as representatives Of |
the Slovak League Of America. |
The stenographic reports Of these
hearings, forming a part Of the
Congressional Record, are now in
print and will be sent out for puh-
llcatlcn as soon as released by the
Government Printing Office.
House Resolution No. lol is y
bill presented to Congress and re-
feIrud ITO the Committee on ln,-1
migration and Naturalization the
chairman ef which is also the an
thorsof the bill. The administra-
tive features Of this bill more
clearly define the procedure
through which an immigration
must go in order to gain permis-
sion to start for his trip to this
country. It also provides, for the
first time, for a more accurate per.
sonal identification, and one e
its most virtuous points is doubt
less the provision which lifts the
nearest of kin Of an Immigrant
his blood relatives - out Of the
quota class, thereby disclosing the
/ intention OF promoting the union
Of separated families. Thus, under
this provision of the bill, families
Ileed net remain Z separated a.
though the 2 per cent. quota al
lowed by the bill may be filled, IS
an extra 2R is provided for 50
permit the landing offthese near
est blood relatives, who may come
in as non-guGta immigrants. There
Is afs6 = a. pfEosTifsii6n r 4 for the SCI e..
.tion of immigrants. In Europe, i!i
order to prevent the disappoint,
ment Of these who for physical,
. mental or Other. deficiencies are
rot admissible to this country.
This provision Of selection, hoW-
ever, is not to be understood to
mean that any one who passed III
spcction in Europe will be nncoll-
ditionally admitted to this coun-
try. But it minimizes the possibil-
tiles Of such rejection, and the
attendant despair and disappoinf-
ment Of an immigrant who does
not measure up with the standard
set by the requirements of the
law Whether or not these prov
isions will work out we'll must ae
left to the test Of time.
Our next step in the inyestiga-
ton Of the, merits Of this bill
leads us to a provision (which,
from the standpoint Of pure A.
mericanism, such as we are taught
to believe in, is most Objectionable.
The bill provides in Section 10. az
9 When used in this Act the terra
quota when used in reference
te any nationality means 200, and
i'll addition thereto 2 per centun
of the number Of foreign-born IN
s dividuals Of such nationality resi-
dent in the United States as dc.
termined by the United States
census Of 1S90'
Why was the census OF 1890
selected as the base on which to
I figure the number Of admissible
immigrants? Why, was not any
/. other census figure taken, for ms
4 tance that of 1920, which is now
ayailableg Why was not 1870
taken as a basisg or 1890, and
eventually 1890 which would
bring the Wholesissue back to the
Indians? 1t does not require any
particular alertness OF. mind t3
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