YoungstownskeÌ SlovenskeÌ noviny = Youngstown Slovak news. (Youngstown, Ohio) 1910-1940, 1927-12-16

! ternine who shall or who shall not be |
admissible as irnmi grants to the United
States, but we called attention to some
facts which are Of vital Importance in
the arrival of correct and proper con-
clusions, and since the last available
figure 2,24S shows further reduction
Of the immigrant quota from Czeeho-
Slovakia, the difference of 824 admis.
sibles going to the benefit Of immi-
grants from Austria and Hungary, per-
NIT us not only to reiterate parts of
our pleas of 1924, but also to show in
brief why such an arrangement would
be inadequate, inequitable and un.
justified.
Immigration of Czechs and Slovaks
to the United States falls into two
main periods, the former beginning
in larger numbers about 1S4S, when an
unsuccessful revolution against Aus
trian absolutism drove thousands Of
Czech patriots from their homeland,
Bohemia, and again in 1867 when a
settlement of political differences bet
! ween the Hapsburg dynasty and the
nobility of Hungary virtually surrend-
!, cred the Slovaks to the tender mercies
, of a dominant racial minority which
had lost all reason in it's efforts to.
= wards Standardization Of their non.
Po1] IA, ;o,,
{, statistics show that in the years from
y 1S61-191S, 100000 from Austria
Hungary arrived in the United States.
These immigrants according to their
, political allegiance which was entirely
{ involuntary on their part, were re-
| corded as immigrants from Hungary
9 or " Hungarians as the case nap.
pened to be, but not until 1910 was
there ever record Of them classed as
a hemians Czechs and Moravians,
and Slovaks. But even the census of
1910 and that of 1920 did not bring
q out in full the correct number of Czechs
and Slovaks who were often classed as
9 "Austrians or Hungarians" if the
n census cnumerators, for reasons of their
own, chose to class them as such. For
q this reason, we claim an absolutely re-
n liable figure as to the true numerical
n strength Of Czcchs and Slovaks was not
!. obtainable. -..... .
d We claim that any figures on Czcchs
e and Slovaks in the population Of this
e. country based on the above methods
II are incorrect and work out unjustly
u in the determination of the final quota
70 allowance for immigrants from Czecho
Slovakia. Who reaps the benefit O.
"a this discrepancy in figures9 he imnli
Q: grants from Austria Hungary, classi
m fled as Austrians and Hungarians, tn,
II Austro- Germans and the Magyars, VIII.
le are made the beneficiaries of an erro1
in classification and who, judging from
% their past records are not deservin.
he of it.
The Czechs and Slovaks, residing il
y this country, are proud of their wal
y record, both as producers in the manu-
'e facture of amnllnitions as well as o.
III their numbers as volunteers, enlisted
~ and drafted members of the arme,
N forces of the United States; as pur
- chasers of Liberty Bonds and Wa
q Savings Thrift Stamps; as detector
d OF subversive enemy propa ganda. The.
III are proud of their records in the com
d munities in which they live for thei
al proclivities for law and order: fo
a their total lack of records of criminal
al ity; for their morality manifested b
a a total absence of illegitimate chill
aI births; for their well regulated famil
aI lives, manifested by an absence o
sl juvenile delinquency.
I'll Under the present Immigration Ac
I'll 3,O73 immigrants are allotted to Czecht
al Slovakia, 785 to Austria, 473 to HUI
I'll gary Should the new method of allot
aI ment go into effect without taking il
Sl to consideration the fact that the ne,
al figures are derived from the erroneou
SCI classification of many thousands o
aI Czechs and Slovaks as Austrans an
8l Hungarians, the figures will be 2,24
81 for Czecho- -Slovakia; l,ds5 for Austri
A and 967 for Hungary, thus turning
81 reduction OF per cent in the tota
Figures into reduction Of 27 per cen
on the part of Czecho -Slovakia witt
Il out anyone benefiting by it excep
Il those who during the war had becom
enemies of the United States, Will
a those who had Loyalty supported tn
Country of their adoption are penaIize,
4 by reduction which is as undeserve,
q as it is fallacious.
In view Of the above we appeal t,
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