Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-19
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY Paul /. COLLINS.

There is 8 puzzle before the Govern
men. which has taken experts year
or u.o;e % solve l. Is ths provision
IL existing elt suspended law adopted
in 1921 which would change the oaS.s
o. quota Immigration from tre preSsE;
basis 20 one resting upon nationality
origin O. the present population. 20 g.
into effect next july /
That statement Is TO. clear 20 the
reader who has no: been following the
controversy Of tbs las: three or four
years regarding immigration, but ns.-
Their is !. wholly clear 20 @N tse eX-
psytS Of the Gcvc-G.Uc-: as 20 how .ns
Government Is going "a base Us quotas
CT immigration uoo:. The nat.oCalit.eS
OF prcSsa. inhabitants az the lard 0.
the free ard the home ot the brave OF
all nations as recorded n he census
o. 1890. ln,cr-l&rr.age naS complicated
the problem. Until opponents Q: the
measure are confident thar the ''Sc-an:-
bed eggS can never os anSc:a,rhle6-
Tha: Is Why Congress. nearly a wear
ago, resolved - postpone the operation
q. .he new immigration Law for more
taaa a yeaT-aniil JCly !. 1855
shat experts co,ld investigate its p-ac-
i.cAo..ty. This afternoon ana evening
theyS Is in session In Memorial Hal,
o: the Daughters az the American Rev
o!uilon conference. called By ;hs
Key Men OF America. supported oy ~
o.her PATRIOTS organizations, for the
pGvpcse OF supporting the rev basis
NJ national origins" and explaining Us
wo :las<
Al This conference addresses viii b.
made by Senator Reed ~ penasylSania.
Representative Albert Johnson, chair
man % III, House committee on ssnn!-
grafton, Representative Jcha c. Ban
O. Texas and Others supporting ma
tc0al origins" rs . pCapcr basis on
which - apporiiaa ;he e;sclaS allowed
each foreign nationality for ,tS in,n,s-
grants into the United States.
The national origin basis as pvr-
rt3cd IN The suspended law Is As fol-
lows
"'rhe ANNA. quota ~ ANY nationality
for the fiscal year beginning jUly |
1897 tpaS.pcCsG - July !. 1929. and
Icc each fiscal YEAR thereafter S>,sll
b. number which bears the same
ra;Io IL lSeo00 as she nUmeeg ~ in
haSlgaN;S IN the coGttnca;s. United
origin bears u the ,to;ali Nl.n,NSv ~
Inhabitants IN Continental United
States In 1870"
Fur example, II the TNN>p.c II she
C0!'rs States IN 1920 who Mere de-
Sccoaed from white u>t'eryot$" con-
>'isU'ed 10 per cent ~ oUy ,OtSl y>oNu-
lstiou, lie, lnS,Sts white N>t,cntN;$
then W. would thereafter admit each
year os white Nalreutos$" ~ y>cv ceN:
" 100000 Immigrants -- 1000 The
Total ~ quota immigrants tN n admit
ted annually would ee limited ~ 49,
ooN plus few On account IT gNe nliN-
'mum NJ 100 pcc race The nationality
origin ~ the 'nunIssanIS a,lSt N In
Tire same ptasN,s1tcH a. the nationality
origin " our e6&lSSS& population. As
lHewn BY the 1890 reaS,lS tTae white
ANttcntNV$' are used IN .he illustration
only because there are none eNCvps
!Nf illustration y; the pgiarp,cN
= -
The pracsira, application ~ the ma,
toNahN ogtslA &s>'> wtN rUt down me
German and southern kNsrrne SlsasaS
twUh Sos}r eNceptsI,glNN ara <ANN,>setA~
elv augment The quota ~ Great EgNAQl
and noythela Ireland
Under tha quotas uNW la NgNsyA{tAN
the quota admitted tyym NermAuv ~
~ 80 0nder tae quota NN1EN IS eA>e,i
ny nationality oytSN thN Itegtnaa
quota viii W. 0,,S See@S Austria NH
W. increased tHNm {S> to slTl, ANln,
gatV iNNm A}S ~ ! ~
The pyrSeot 0tlrya tTNsM lVAat Nrts
ain and mogghevN iY1land u 81 NOT
unAet the u>W N.N,s h Will ~ ~ tSn
The ala Quota ~ she lysNA kySe state
II y Ac;, and It MtN ~ cas- 81 SSsA
ltaN NIL ~ tnegea~ed nV&N SSAA
IL a,RsS
Aside from thtS swAdNNSsmsNg ~
quotas, the neW law wln anlSSASs tt,-
stIsVted 4,satAs alSA 0n MeNssNs aNa AL
ctlNt Al.leshRn eDksGtstsS MSlNtlEN6
Canada which have hItheFtN eNAy,A M
a uAn ~Ull<sta eAsAS,
The lNgelNNsal " teStglct MeNlsAa tNv
sNlstattan by che allAta pginellsle has
arelsSed che elttsy eplNssltStsn NJ INas-
orada beet gatseIS. waA aANe AAAN ae~
e,.slaMea 10 eMnsaylN1 MeNleaa ysaSsn
AeSsF IN s~sedms ana harvesting tae