Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-05
LABOR DEPARTMENT AIDS
In CREATING EMPLOYMENT
All Branches Contribute Directly to
Making More Jobs, Doak Says
in Radio Forum Speech.

forth. Again. the works Of the bureau
are manifold.
| I have said that the various bureaus
Of the Department Of Labor act as
handmaidens In the service of employ
ment. The immigration Service Is one
OF these handmaidens Nearly all i'm
migrants are potential wage earners,
and We now realize that unlimited I'M
migration in past years is in large part
responsible for the oversupply of some
classes of labor.
immigration, however. is no longer
/ an economic menace for under an
order of President Hoover, supplements
ing legislation, fewer immigrants a.s
now being admitted than az any time
during the last hundred years For ex-
ample. only 1871 immigrants we're ad-
mitted in May. 1881. as compared to
l9,4l4 in the same month last year. In
other words, only one immigrant Is
admitted now. where five were admitted
year ago. Still more striking IS the
comparison with MAY. 1914, when.
under the open-door policy then pre-
vailing nearly 108 900 immigrants were
admitted, or nearly 80 times as many as
entered the country in the correspond
ing month this year.
| Another contrast. During the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1914, 1,2l8480
immigrants were admitted During the
fiscal year ending June 80 of this year.
the number admitted was about 81 0oO
From the very beginning nearly all
immigrants have come here for the
purpose CT seeking employment and it
Is apparent that if they were permitted
TO come at the present time they would
have to seek work that ought to be
available to our own citizens and for
eign- born people already lawfully resi-
dent In the United States.
More Aliens Leave.
The number Of aliens leaving the
country Of their own volition now con-
siderably exceeds the number coming
In, and the exodus is further increased
oy oeportatlons and departures that
are permitted in lieu Of deportation
The erection of quota and other
barriers against immigration has nat
urally resulted in increased efforts to
gain illegal entry. No reasonable esti-
mate can be made of the number who
enter Illegally, but I am confident that
this number has been very materially
checked through the activities Of the
immigration Border Patrol. a force of
picked men. which has done a wonder
Iul Job in protecting the United States
/ from what otherwise might have been
an invasion of aliens who could not
gain lawful admission.
AHeHS VINO nave entered unlaWfully
or who have failed to obey our laws
may be expelled from tire country. and
the enforcement Of the Law in this re-
gard Is now one of the principal. as it
IS one Of the most difficult duties of the
department Of Labor and its Bureau OF
immigration. During the fiscal year
which ended on June 80 more than
| 1900 aliens were formally deported.
and many thousand others who might
nave been expelled were permitted TO go
voluntarily. Deportations during the
past year have included an increased
number OF extreme radical classes who
are affiliated with orga nizations the
purpose of which is to overthrow the
Government of the United States by
force and violence. The deportation Of
these alien enemies Of the country re-
quires greater effort than in the case
| OF any other class. Their activities are
carried on in such an insidious manner
! tnat the necessary proof is difficult to
uncover. and even in cases where guilt
is clearly shown deportation proceedings
are hampered by every possible resort
/ TO the courts and by protests and prop
aganda on the part of organizations
which are persistent in their defense of
radical activities and of individuals who
adhere to the theory that even aliens
nave an inherent right TO engage in
seditious acts of any sort against our
Government.
Naturalization Bureau Supports Self.
TIE Naturalization Bureau of the De-
partment of Labor. with its So field Of
fees. is financially self-supporting 1t
administers the naturaliza ton law. a
law which grants the greatest privilege
possible TO be granted to friendly aliens
permanently residing in the United
States.
The Supreme Court has said that tn
grant Of citizenship is a grant Of favor
and that in Its administration it mus
be construed in favor of the grantor
and against the applicant for citizen
ship. This means that each vould-be
citizen must come with clean hands into
the Court OF Equity to merit the high
distinction Of American citizenship.
Ceaseless and untiring efforts to keep
our ranks Of citizens free from the ac-
ceSSions OF undesira bles characterize the
activities OF the Department of Labor
Too many applicants are admitted to
citizenship who have only slight COM
prehension Of its wonderful privileges
and responsibilities. They lack what
might be termed educational oualifca-
tons
No more constructive legislative ac-
ton could be taken by the Congress
than to raise the educa tional require
ment for admission to citizenship. In
DER the influence of such a law, in
creased educational facilities would be
afforded the adult foreign population of
this country to acquire the necessary
comprehension of our institutions Of
government and otherwise equip them
selves for the struggle for life upon a
higher plane of intelligence I intend
TO make such recommendation in my
next report to Congress upon the ac-
tiv1ties of the Department Of Labor
Womens Bureau Aids Workers.
The Womens Bureau has the high
duty Of safeguarding the interests Of
woman workers. Congress in creating
the bureau entitled its duties as follows:
To formulate policies and standards
which shall promote the welfare of
Wage-earning women, improve their
working conditions. increase their eff
cheney and advance their opportunities
for profitable employment"
The Womens Bureau is an organiza-
ton consisting of women. directed by a
woman and working in the interests of
women. With an estimated 100000
women In gainful occupation in the
United States today, the bureaus task
OF promoting their welfare Is a stupen-
dous and complicated one
The variety of elements composing
Ills vast NUMBER OF WorklngWomen adds
greatly to the problems confronting the
bureau. In the ranks of the wage earn
ers are found young girls. middle-aged
and even elderly women: single, married
and widowed women. Negroes and for
eign-born workers. Each type has its
own set Of problems requiring attention
and solution. There are thousands of
women who must support not only
themselves but dependents Thousands
must enact the double role of home
maker and wage learner, and thousands