Evening star., 1939-09-23
Ban on visas Sought
Until All Americans
Are Out Of Europe
Senator HoImun PIuns
Fight; 79e Foreigners
Arrive on Italian Ship
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-The Italian
liner Conte Di Savoia arrived from
Europe with 2,156 passengers today.
including 1857 Americans, after
what Capt. Alberto Ottino described
as an "uneventful voyage"
The presence Of 100 non-Ameri-
cans on the vessel provoked q state
ment from Senator Holman, Repub-
hcan, OF Oregon that he would de-
mand a halt in the issuance of yisas
to foreigners until every American
mas returned from war-torn Europe"
Il think 1t Is an outrage when
ships are allowed to bring so MANY
foreigners here when thousands of
Americans are stranded in Europe"
said the Senator, a member of the
Senate immigration Committee and
sponsor of bill to exclude all i'm
migration for five years.
Senator Holman flew here YES
terday from Washington to make a
detailed study of immigration op-
erationS at Ellis Island. He said
ne would give particular attention
to the Conte Di Savoia.
Rate Increase Charred.
Ihe ship omitted its usual stop
at Gibraltar, passing there without
challenge from English warships
Capt. Ottino said.
Many passengers complained that
rates for the trip from Naples and
Genoa had been raised 40 per cent
The Italian Line said the voyage
would show a loss, due to increased
insurance rates and because the
snip would probably return to Italv
without passengers.
among the passengers were
Lincoln Ellsworth, polar explorer.
frlnce Francis Joseph of the Hans.
ourg Bourbon line, a grand nephew
OF emperor Franz Josef of Austria
and a grandson of King Don Carlos
WI OF Spain; Toshio Shiratori, re-
tlrlng Japanese Ambassador to Italy
and William H. Milliken, director
OF the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Mr.. Ellsworth quit his 40-room
Swiss chateau because of the war
in Europe.
The entire Swiss army of 350.0OO
men Is mobilized," he said. "All
mountain passes leading to Ger
many are set with dynamite and
all the bridges on the highways have
oeen prepared for demolition in case
OF attack"
Arms Opened to Foreigners.
Mr.. Mllllken, who went abroad last
July to study art in Germany, said
IL was amazing the way Italy
opened her arms to every foreigner"
There were absolutely no re-
strlctlons, he said, although the
Italians themselves could not have
gasoline for their cars, they let
Americans and other foreigners
have it,"
Senator Holman, asserting he
would study the class of people en-
tering this country under quota i'm
migration" added:
This is important because of Our
unemployment problem and because
OF the disorder and destruction beins
created by aliens on the Pacific
Coast"
The conduct of aliens in my sec
ton OF the country has been very
disturbing. They have wrecked our
lumber industry"
With a five-year moratorium in
immigration we could enumerate
and register aliens in our next CEN
sus and see just where we stand"
Senator Holman said he would
confer daily with Rudolph Reimer
OF the immigration Department
here and would board incoming
ships to obtain first hand informa-
ton.
Il am going to make immigration
the principal part of my senatorial
career" he declared,