The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-01-20
the masses.

the masses.
There was decision OF the US Supreme Court
on Dec. 1881, which gives the government a right
to deport any alien illegally in this country, no
matter how long the alien is in the U. S. This
has increased the courage of the racketeers Ia
intensity their graft upon the foreign born popA
ulation
We find that since this new decision was issued
by the Supreme Court systematic campaigns
Of terror has been begun in different parts Cd
the country
Thus we find that in Long Beach Long Island.
a certain Rou1nainian racketeer has collected q
list Of names and addresses of foreign born
Roumainian workers and with the help and CO..
operation of the immigration department a raid
took place and eighteen workers were arrested
and are being investigated for deportation. After
the first raid took place, this same Roumaniau
racketeer was visiting workers asking money for
protection under threat of deportation
When Roumanian workers reported this su
the Committee for the Protection Of the For
eign Born, a statement was issued by the conns
mittee to put up collective resistance to thess
racketeers and to put a stop to these bribery
activities inspired by Doak
Here in New York on January 5th and 6tla.
unlawful raids took place upon the Greek work.
ers on Madison and Washington SITS. Immigra~
ton commissioners with the help of the poles
surrounded a certain Greek coffee house az
Madison and Washington Sts., and demanded
documents from every one. Since the Greek
workers did not carry their documents with them.
they were all arrested.
At one coffee house who claimed 30 be az
immigration officer came roughly in and asked
some of the Greek workers there what they
we're doing and whether they are in this country
legally. One of them by the name Of T. v.
asked the officer what authority he had to ask
''1ll show you some other time" The officer.
frightened by the courageous stand the Greek
worker took had to leave empty handed.
This is the situation prevailing In the State
of New York and in many other states all over
the country.
Now, when we turn our attention to the U. s.
Congress we find that more than forty bills
await the approval of the House and the Senate
in connection with strengthening the terror and
deportation of foreign born. Since it is not pos
sble to cite quotations from all the bills we will
limit ourselves to the two most characteristic
bills which were submitted to the 72nd Congress
These bills are based upon the recommendations
given by President Hoover and Secretary of La
Dor Doak nj their message to the 72nd Congress
The Gable Bill 'HR 5093" introduced to the
first session of the 72nd Congress was referred
to the Committee on immigration and Natural
ization--states in Section 1 the following:
ANY alien arriving and enrolled who
has not received the certificate of registry re-
quired by such section / E. shall apply to and
receive from the Commissioner of Naturalization
certificate OF residence with photograph at
tached, furnished in duplicate by the applicant
Such certificate shall be applied for and obtained
within six months after the passage Of this act
and shall be renewed annually thereafter By the
alien under regulations prescribed by the Com
missioner Of Naturalization and approved by the
Secretary Of Labor.
Every alien lawfully admitted into the United
States for permanent residence shall enroll an
nually and receive certificate of residence upon
such enrolment. Such certificate shall be good
for one year only from the date of its issuance
This Act shall include aliens in Hawaii, Porto
Rico, and the Virgin Islands :. :"
Section Two and Three Of the same bin
point out In detail how this registration should
be carried through.
Needless to say, the aim Of this bill Is to IN
troduce a passport system and place the foreign
born In the same class with criminals, to keen
them under the supervision of the police de-
partment, and to submit the foreign born to the
mercy of grafters and racketeers.
In another article l shall expose the anti
working class nature of the "Bachman Bill
H. r. 1857 against the foreign born and explain
what the Council for Protection of Foreign Born
urges as measure to combat these attacks ON
the foreign born.
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