Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-29

going into force up to next July ]. IL so
StanuS now.
It was referred to three cabinet Of
f1cers, the Secretaries Of State, Labor
and Commerce, to work out the sta
tisticS which constituted the quotas for
the respective nations. These three
officials reported against the possibility
of ever ascertaining the true quotas. and
today there is vigorous effort to repeal
the law entirely. 1t is obvious that that
activity does not come from immigra-
ton restrictioniStS, but from groups OF
immigrant citizens or their descend
ants. America for Americansi" is not
their rallying call, but rather "Americ;
for the Ghengis Khans and their fol-
lowers!'
The most active opponent of ma
tional origins" is the Steu6en Socis,y
comprising Germans, for they alleg.
truly that the national origins baS..
would favor the British, rather thai
the German element. So their maya
zine, the Progressive Magazine, char
acterizes the basis as wicked" an.
"nefarious" and cries "Deutschlan
iiber alles!"
All the opponents of the Reed lay
advocate its repeal on the ground thc.
quotas separate families" althougl
there Is no compulsion upon the heat
of any family to leave the country
where his family Is obliged to remain
with or without him. However. 1t is
not true that the law does separate
husbands from wives or from young
children.
One proposal is to give our immigra-
ton officials discretionary power to
make individual selections Of immi-
grants, to which proposition Is raised
the objection that that would open the
door to petty political pull and graft.
A judge argues that We should admit
thousands Of immigrants so as to re
duce unemployment" in caring for the
needs Of the increased citizenship. The
very object of restriction Is to reduce
unemployment.
While the three members Of the
cabinet reported against the national
origins as quota basis, declaring 1t to
be unavoidable, the experts Of the
Census Bureau, including DR.. Joseph A.
Hill, chief statistician, declare 1t to be
entirely practicable.
Even If the Census Bureau should find
that there were some inaccuracies in
taking a census, the errors could not be
large enough seriously to affect the
quotas. DR.. Hill. speaking on this sub
1ect before the Senate committee In
1927. said:
1T Is only fair to say that 10000
immigrants means one immigrant to
600 inhabitants. So an error of 500
would make a difference Of only one
immigrant; an error of 5000 would
mean 10 immigrants. and an err
ror OF 10000 would mean 100 immi-
grants On this basis an error Of l,OOO.-
600 In the classification of the 1920
population would mean 1850 difference
in the quotas"
r y y
The loeSeness of some Of the conten-
tons of the "antis" Is illustrated by
the Progressive Magazines arguments.
The editor of that publication has writ
ten book, THE Germans in the Max
ing OF America" in which he includes
all of Teutonic stock, even the 5000 600
Dutch Hollanders. He thus sets up a
claim that the Germans" constitute
268 per cent Of the total white popula-
ton. He includes not only Holland, but
Austria, Poland, Switzerland and even
France, where there are many people of
German ancestry, though each Of those
countries have quotas.
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In 1926 Senator Wadsworth Of New
York introduced bill to admit certain
relatives of immigrants, In addition
to the regular quota OF l64,667. An In
vestigation by the State Department
disclosed that that provision would open
the gates to an extra $4,000 iu1ini-
grants over the fixed limits Of 1896
tnominally 100000 besides the 100 mini
NUNS, etc..
The law already admits certain rela-
tives In the non-quota class, namely. an
unmarried child. under 10 years of age,
and the wife of any American citizen.
1t also gives preference, I'D to so per
cent OF the quota number, to applicants
who are unmarried children under 81
years Of age, belonging to quota imnai-
grants; also to wives, husbands, fathers
or mothers OF United States citizens. BY
1926 amendment the law was made to
admit the wife and unmarried child of
any alien minister or professor who had
entered prior to July, 1924.
Many. other proposals intended to
Widen the gates to aliens, under various
preteXts. have been urged upon Con-
gress. Chairman johnson of the imrni-
grafton committee of the House points
out that recent test showed that there
were then pending 20,500 applications
from Northwest Europe. and l76,5O0
applications from. Southeast Europe.
Secretary Kellogg also emphasized the
TACT that wives and those children I'M
der ID years Of age can enter regardless
OF quota restrictions. Last year more
than $4,000 came in as wives or chill
dren without the quotas.
(csopyright, 1922 by Paul " Coiiiual