Evening star., 1929-06-30
New immigration Quotas.

The national origins" clause of the
Immigration act, delayed in operation
| p number of years, goes into effect to-
. morrow. There has been great agita-
! ton over the national origins provi-
sion, perhaps out of proportion to the
actual effect of the clause once 1t is
in operation. Under the present law
the total immigration permitted in a
single year is 164,667. Under the ma
tional origins clause the total immi-
grafton permitted will be about 1900
aess, or 15S, TAI. The big differences in i'm
migration quotas come, however, in the
ancrease granted Great Britain and the
ltcuts- in the quotas of Germany, the
Scandinavian countries and Ireland.
Under the law as it has been operating.
Ahe quotas were based on the blood"
I'm this country computed in the census
Elpf 1890. The national origins clause
eaakes. the blood basis back to the days
of the formation of the Republic.
The British quota has been 34,oo7.
Tomorrow it win be boosted to 65,72l.
The estimated demand for immigra-
4ion from Great Bitain is 10000. Per-
Haps within few years the increased
t,rota will be able to care for all those
who desire to emigrate from England
scotland and Wales to this country.
! Germany, however, will suffer severe
| cut in the quota Of immigrants OF
German blood allowed to enter this
country, and so will Ireland, Norway
Sweden and Denmark, all countries
from which many of Americas most
valuable citizens have come. The Ger
man quota has been 51,227. 1t VIII
be reduced to 25,957. Sweden'S quota
has been 1851 and tomorrow it will
be cut to 3,314 ireland had quota
of 2s,56T and the new quota will be
only 1883.
!, In the case Of Ireland, however, the
new quota does not work such imme-
Eiate hardship as it might have been
expected to do. Ireland did not send
sts total quota under the law which
{ has been in operation during the last
year. Indeed, Ireland was about 1000
short of filling its quota for the year.
( The national origins clause was sus-
Blended several times by act Of Congress,
AT first, It was suspended in order to
give more opportunity to work out the
uuotas with records of conditions OF
the early days of the country difncult
20 obtain. Then the opposition to the
change became strong because OF the
cuts in immigration quotas granted Ger
snany, Ireland and Scandinavia. The
night to repeal the national origins
clause was carried into the political
campaign of 1923. It ragged in Congress.
President Hoover recommended the sls-
bension OF the clause. Its opponents in
khe Senate strove to suspend or repeal
She clause. But the supporters OF the
proposal were too strong. 1t stays In
ahe law and now becomes effective.
Those who prefer the immigration quo
fas based on the census of 1890, how
ever, promise to renew their fight when
Congress meets again and to fight on
iNntu they bring about repeal of the
aational origins clause if they can.
with three exceptions the immigra-
aion quotas of the countries of Southern
hnd Eastern Europe will be increased.
The exceptions are Portugal. Rumania
and Czechoslovakia. Among those coun-
tries whose quotas will be increased
hre Spain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Po-
band, Russia and Jugoslavia. 1talys
bld quota has been 3.845. It's new quota
will be $500, for example.
The contest over the national origins
clause has been waged in large part
by racial groups in this country. Those
groups which lose in immigration by
khe new quotas have, generally speaking,
been opposed to national origins"