The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-19

oppressive OOEudNs. furthermore,
he Canadian tishing's good.
Reports are current in this coun-
:ry, however. that, in these war
times, an alien in Canada is ex-
,eedingly likely TO be grabbed by
The military authorities, and in
termed. In fact. cases are men
toned in which this is said actually
to have occurred, and to Ameri-
cans, too.
The Canadians reckon that such
yarns are calculated 10 throw a
crimp into their coming summers
Yankee tourist trade. Hence their
sruissary's presence in our midst,
to assure us that, as their guests,
Wen be most welcome and won't
be bothered a single bit; to explain
10 us that, If we experience any
difficulty in getting back home, it
won't be their fault, but the fault
Of our own immigration officials;
and to tell us how to insure our
selves against that possibility.
LultOT Is EulIsSdTN
The emissary is H. NJ. Morden,
associate editor of the Windsor,
Ontario, Star. He's journeying
hither and yon, getting all the pub
licity he can. Emissary Mordens
mission is essentially in Canada's
behalf, but the story he tells Is Of
q nature interesting to any Amer
lean or legally admissible foreign
er, returning from abroad, where
ever he has been.
The nub of it is that departing
wanderer, before leaving the Unit
ed States, will be we'll advised -
provide himself, in advance, with
proper Identification credentials to
get him home again.
1t apparently is true that our
immigration funcuonaries have
held up quite a few Americans or
other legal residents of the United
States at ports of entry and given
them a deal Of worry before allow
ing them to come in, and maybe
some have been definitely barred
out, from inability to prove them
selves.
But the best advertised case OF
the kind was that of a prominent
resident of Peoria and his wife,
who, after a short stay in Canada,
were called on to account for
themselves at the Detroit immi-
grafton Office. The Peorian was a
native American, could prove it
and was admitted. It seems,
though, that he'd married a Cana :
dian girl. She'd lived with him in
Peoria and considered herself
American also, but never had been
formally naturalized. She was
barred. The pair had been visiting
with some of her Canadian rela-
tives and she had to return TO
them for still another visit, while
the Infatuated Peorian took the
matter up with the state depart
ment. At last he got her back TO
Peoria, but not without a consider
able tussle.
From Canada's standpoint, the
mean part of this story was that,
as it was published, it wasn't
stated that the Detroit immigra-
ton folk had caused the tie-up; it
was related that the wife was de-
tanned by the Canadian authorities
that she was arrested by them
and locked up
Emissary Morden doesn't regard
such publicity as favorable to Can
ada's American tourist trade.
There are other rumors he
doesn't like.
Spikes Other Rumors
Ones to the effect that tourists
autos are subject TO seizure for
Canadian military use. Another
has il that American money IS
seized. And gasoline prices are
described as piratical
mo such thing asserts Ennis
sary Morden.
There is, indeed, gasoline ration.
ing, he admits, for Canadian fliy-
vers, but it doesn't apply to nom
Canadianly tagged cars.
In short, Emissary Morden wants
1t understood that Canada isn't too
busy at war to be nice to tourists.
Contrariwise, war calls urgently
for revenue and tourists are a
good source of it Congequently.-
the CanucKs are 6nXious FOR all Of
EN- they can get And they GER