Evening star., 1925-05-24
j. S. WILL INSPECT
ALIENS OVERSEAS
Three Officials Go to Ireland
to Test Plan at En-
barkation Ports.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Officials of the State, Treasury and
Labor Departments sailed on the LIE
vlathan for Europe yesterday to plan
ior the inspection abroad OF prospect
I'VE American immigrants.
The system, which first will be
placed in operation in the American
consulates in the Irish Free State. Is
me result of months of study by the
immigration Service, the State De
partment. and the Public Health Ser.
vice, and its successful installation, III
the opinion of Secretary Davis, will
make possible the abolition of Ellls;
Island as an immigration station, as
well as all other immigration stations
on the Atlantic seaboard.
Three Officials Leaving.
The officials charged with pioneer.
ing the work abroad are Court iu
Bois. chief of the visa office of the
State Department.; Robe Card White.
Assistant Secretary of Labor, and DR.
J. W. Kerr. assistant chief of the
Public Health Service
The first work OF the three officials
VIII be to attach to the American con-
suates in the Irish Free state, Ameri.
can Immigration inspectors and public
health officers to make the inspections
necessary under the law before immi.
grafton vises can be granted These
Inspections are designed to suppfa MT
those now made by the American con
Suls, and are intended to be so
thorough that another inspection will
not be necessary when the alien lands
IN this country.
The system is being installed in the
Irish Free state by consent of that
government, and il VIII operate there
as an experiment and as a demonStra-
ton TO the other nations Of the world
of the desirability of such Il system
which American officials hold will
eliminate much of the uncertainty and
hardship connected with the immf-
grants trip to this country.
Backed by Davis.
IL has been the desire of Secretary
Davis to eliminate the necessity. as
lar as possible, of maintaining Amerf-
can immigration stations al American
ports of entry, the Secretary holding
that the inspection Of aliens at such
stations and the necessary detention
OF many of them there for long
periods and later their deportation,
constitutes one of the weakest spots
IN the entire immigration service
he believes that when immigrants
come here they should be allowed to
land on the mainland, throw their
packs over their backs and so about
their business.
One of the chief aims of placing
the system in operation In the Irish
Free state is to overcome. by d dem
onStration of its effectiveness, opposi-
ton to the system which several
nations are known to feel. If il is
later found agreeable the plan will be
extended into England, Scotland and
northern Irelnad, ana officials hope
that its successful demonstration in
these countries will lead to it's install
lation in Italy and other southern
European countries.
The inspection of prospective Ameri-
can immigrants abroad and the regis
tration of all aliens coming into the
United States have long been among
the chief aims of Secretary Davis
who since coming into office with the
Harding administration has devoted
much of his time as head of the inl-
migration service to the perfecting of
plans for both systems.