Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-24
HOOVER IS FACED
BY IMMIGRATION
National Origins Question
Due to Come Before Him
Immediately.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The immigration controversy seems
destined to break over the head of Her
bert Hoover almost as soon as he takes
off, :. with the controversial proposition
for drastic revision of the restrictive
quotas on the nationaI-origins basis
coming before him Immediately.
In his speech Of acceptance Mr.. Hoo
yer declared for repeal of this proyi-
sion of the immigration law, but efforts
at this session to have it postponed have
been blocked. Unless Congress in this,
the final week, postpones the effective
date of this provision, it will become in
cumbent upon the new President to issue
an order in April putting it into opera
ton on July /. 1t limits immigration
to 10000 annually and would give
Britain the great percentage Of this
total
Foes of the national-origins provi-
sion are putting their last hope in the
President-elect. He is understood to be
standing pat for repeal, but it is real
lied that he probably can do nothing
clause unless Congress acts.
Meanwhile new estimates were laid
before President Coolidge yesterday by
the committee which has worked for
four years on the complex problem of
determining the quotas for the various
nations under the national-origins pro-
visions.
1t was understood the new quota
estimates would give Germany and the
Irish Free State slight increases In the
number of immigrants allowed to enter
this country over those provided under
the first estimate. The quotas for both
countries would remain considerably re-
duced however. from the numbers al
lowed each at present.
Under existing law the quotas for
each nation are fixed on the basis of
per cent of the population represented
in this country by the foreign nations
in the census of 1890. On that basis
the countries of Northwest Europe are
entitled to IS per cent of the annual
immigration.
Germany gets the largest quota
about 81 per cent-England is second
with 20 per cent of the immigra-
ton total. and the Irish Free State
third with II per cent.
The national-origins provision was
enacted in the 1924 act but has never
been put into effect, pending the final
arrangements of the quotas. The pro-
vision stipulates that the allotment
of quotas from the 10000 total shall
be meted out to the various nations ac-
cording to the percentage Of people
each nation had in this country when
the first census was taken in 1870.
The estimates finally determined,
after much wrangling. would give Eng
land the AZ per cent of the 100000,
compared to 20 per cent at present.
Germany would be cut down to Is per
cent and the Irish Free State to about
IL per cent.
Under the new program Germany
would have an annual quota of about
$4,000, compared to 1927 under the
present law: England could have $1,000,
compared to $4,000 now, and the Irish
Free State would have about 1900,
compared to $4,000 now.
The modified estimates would give
Germany about $4,000 and the Irish
Free State about $4,000.
The annual quotas for Norway, Swe-
den, Denmark and Switzerland also
would diminish slightly under the ma
tional-origins provision, according to
preliminary estimates.