Evening star., 1933-01-22
DEPORT|NG Chinese
IS BIG j. S. BURDEN
Huge Cost Revealed by Doak
as Exodus Continues
From Mexico.

Secretary DOak says tne exo0uS VI
Chinese from Mexico into the United
states and the shipment of these aliens
from this country to China at the ex-
pense of the Government during the
last two years has proved to be a
"frightful problem for the Labor De-
partment to handle.
Testifying before the House Appro-
priations Committee, the report OF
which was made public today, the
cabinet official said that during the
1882 fiscal year the Government de-
ported 2,195 Chinese residents of Mexico
to China at a cost of $282 ,381, and ex-
poets to ship an additional 2,O73
Chinese during the fiscal year OF 1888
at cost of $248,000. -.
"It's going on all the while" said
the Secretary. Sometimes we think
we have it stopped, but it breaks out
again. The Mexican people are very
much opposed to the Chinese. and they
have a tremendous lot OF Chinese In
Mexico"
Fails to See Relief.
When Representative Oliver, Demo-
crat, Alabama, tried to offer Doak some
sympathy and at the same time ex-
press the hope that the number OF
Chinese fleeing from Mexico was dimin-
ishing, Harry E. Hull, commissioner
general of immigration, rushed to the
support of his chief.
"They are running just as heavy
today as they were two years ago. ex-
claimed Hull
"They are?" questioned Oliver.
Eyes, indeed" answered Hull.
Oliver reiterated that he thought the
exodus was diminishing.
Il had very peculiar experience my
self along that line" Hull asserted. Il
pening on the Mexican border, and !
asked one of the experts. and he said
it had largely ceased Then I asked
Mr.. Wagner, and he looked up the
figures and found that in four months
the number was SOL. Then I asked my
expert and he had to throw up his
hands and say he was mistaken"
six hundred and ninety-one Chi
nese?" questioned Oliver.
Yes, Chinese; 691 in the last four
months" answered Hull.
Chinese coming over here from
Mexico" interpoSed Doak.
Answering divers request for brief
history of the whole matter, Doak said
I'VE became rather active couple OF
years ago on getting Mexicans out OF
this country, and there was a general
exodus of Mexicans. Then the differ
ent communities in the Southwest, on
account of the depression, took steps
to repatriate a great number of Mexi-
cans and sent them out by trainloads
Chinese Excluded.
when these people went back to
Mexico they were facing a really seri-
Gus economic situation, and some OF
those states (MeXican passed Chinese
exclusion acts, and while the Mexican
government said they were perfectly
willing to take them to the courts and
take them out, they had a general
exodus and we found them on our
doorstep. We tried everything in the
world to stop it. We sent some of then
back. They denied to Mexican authori-
ties that they had ever been in Mexico
and Mexico sent them back to us.
so we had to take them as we found
them, and, as Mr.. Hull has correctly
stated, we thought it would be ovel
very shortly, but the first four months
of this fiscal year have demonstrated
that there is little let up"
The Secretary explained that 1t cost
the Government $120 for each Chinese
deported after they were picked up, just
wandering around on the border.
$50 it appears" observed Oliver
"that since they know how charitable
we have been, if they want to go tt
China, all they have to do is wall
across the line, let some of your officers
pick them up, and then they are sup.
piled with expense money home"
We'll, it is not exactly that" Doal
explained. "They have no desire to &
hac IN China hI,t fIoov find tborocoIvo,
excluded from Mexico and on our door.
step, and we find them that way, too
and we have to do something with