The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-03

world for aliens. That Valhalla is the United States. Where other countries discourage the entry of aliens by denying them the slight est favors and bluntly telling them that they are not wanted, Uncle Sam, naive and generous to a fault, bestows his blessings on them. Cod ding aliens truly has become the national pastime. So much so that if these spoiled and pampered pets of the Old World are threatened with loss of any privilege they howl to the heavens about their rights" and are ready, if need be- to give their doting foster father a lusty kick in the shins by way of expressing their gratitude for past favorS.
 The alien enjoys all the privileges and escapes most of the responsi- bilities of citizenship. He can hold down a job while the American cit izen is standing on the breadline and wondering if the food will hold out until it is his turn. No Amer ican could do that in a foreign country. The alien can strike, dom- mate labor unions and raise all sorts Of disturbances. If an Amer ican tried it in foreign land the police would swoop down on him and pack him off in the first boat headed for the United States. The alien can mix freely with the pop ulation. But in most countries Americans must register as soon as they land and their movements are guarded so closely that they feel as if they were the main characters of some sinister international spy ring. The alien can criticize oul government, plot its overthrow, rid icule our habits and customs, ob. tain relief, work for city, state anc Federal departments in many in- stances, and otherwise partake o1 the benefits of citizenship. No other nation in the world tolerates sucf conditions. Yet with it all the alier escapes the gravest responsibility which may be the lot of the Amer. ican citizen. He does not have tt go to war. In short. the alien or American shores is the happy chile of smiling fortune.
 According to the last censu! there are about 6,0O0,0OO aliens il this country. The numbers on re. lief are exceedingly difficult tt obtain because of the reluctance O cur officials to count them or tt make public any figures which they possess. Estimates range iron 100000 to 3,000,000. These consti. ute heavy burden on the Amer. ican taxpayer, sorely pressed as ht is in defraying the increased cos of government. There are abou 10,000,000 jobless, including alien. and citizens in this country. Un. doubtedly our employment prob. lem would be measurably decreased If we gave the American citizen tht first opportunity to fill any existing vacancy and if we forced aliens tt give up their jobs until all Amer. ican employables were cared for And by so doing we would discour. age the foreign parasites from com. ing over here merely to build up { retirement fund to be spent in tn, Old Country.
 Under Madame Perkins, our sen, timental Secretary of Labor, tn, aliens have been put in gildet cage. It is common knowledge tha the Department of Labor has sym pathiZed with the alien to tn, detriment of the American-born O. naturalized citizen. Her squeamisl handling of the notorious Harr, Bridges, alien Communist and Wes Coast agitator, is case in point Bridges, as an undesirable alien should have been deported lonl ago but he is still with us preach ing his subversive doctrines. Blu Bridges is not the only offender Thousands of others, of question able character and unwanted il their native countries, have enteret illegally. Thousands more hay come in as agents of foreign pow CTS to preach their alien isms an, to foment disorder among ou people. They have Sneaked acros our borders by way of Mexico an, Canada. they have slipped througl our ports by resorting to fraud an trickery. But apparently nothing i being done to halt them.
 As a matter of fact some c them have actually been encou aged by the Department of Labo J to cross the Canadian border an