The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-10-28

II There are times when it seems al
, lmost fair to wonder whether Congress
i, ltrieS to cancel out its GOOD deeds by
doing ugly ones.
1t did a smashing good deed when
lit got under way with the movement
to repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act.
I 1t seems to be trying 10 cancel that
Iout by bumbling along with sophmoric
discussion of the report of the five
Iglobe-racing Senators.
! The Chinese Exclusion Act had some
treason when it was enacted, but that
treason has long since ceased to have
any validity
i OF course the law excludes all Ori-
entails and some of them will jolly well
keep on being excluded. But the Chinese
have won their right to equality of
opportunity. There are non -Orentals
we could keep out with more reason.
j 1t must be remembered that eXclu-
sion came at Il time far different than
THE present. Orientals could and did
come in great numbers. And they could
Iunder-cut wage rates.
Today we require quotas, which re-
strict all migration. II is estimated
that no more than 100 Chinese could
enter this country per year. Wen, for
| what China is doing for civilization we
ought TO welcome those 100 Chinese
|pcr year.
70 be churlish about it comes not
IonIy with bad grace but with some
thing that smells of that most hateful
| thing of aIl-ingratitudc al
That there is any economic menace
in the prospect probably is not believed
Iby anyone.
1t isn't the od-time Chinese coolic
IWhO Will come under such Il limited
IimmigratiOn-nOt any more than we
iShall again get the "Hunly" and the
I"WOp" and, yes, the "Mick" of those
Icarly days when the poor Of the world
raced to these shores, many to work
Their heads off and sleep two shifts to
III bed in the raucOus and crushing riS-
ling empire of steel.
Now Il word about the So-caled fly.
ling Senators.
Some of those men are mighty fine
Imcn. But what on earth happened to
their Judgment while they were flying
Iaround the world
Can we afford the kind of politics in
Il in
Twisting the lions tail?
There are among II, plenty of people
IWho think it is Il good thing to build
ImiSlruSt of Great britain. But what
was Il more or less harmless political
ISport of the Big BiIl Thompson type
before the war comes close to throat
Icuttim@ in these days.
This war is Il mighty desperate busi-
ness and the greatest Of all great needs
IiS trust among the Nmited Nations.
Yes, trust even at some cost to us.
For if We lose, what would be the cost
of THAT?
We don't have 10 hr Il sucker nation
in order to treat our allies decentIy and
Fairly. We Just have to have Il real
understanding of our own need to win
this war.
Every gnod newspaper reporter knows
lh" work and the difficulty of inveSti-
eating Il big case, 1t takes time, it
takes digging, it takes Il determination
to get at the truth.
That the Senators while flying
around the world. could, between ban
QucIS and sight seeing trips and gel
ting Photographed for the coming cam
pnIgn, carry on in an objective manner
an investigation rs vast as the one
which they pretended To have carried
ON over 50 much of The earth'S surface
is just that much damned nonsense.
This is not a questioning of their
motives; ii is just Il challenge to them
To return to good ScnSe. 1t will not
affect those who hate Roosevelt SO
much they would risk anything to hurl
Il spear at him; but Couldn't we expect
the others 10 gen the old gyroscope back
to work 50 that balance may be re-
stored?
We have II long road TO travel with
Great Britain and Russia and we had
better learn how to walk with them
without stepping too much on each
others tocS-at least gentlemen, until
the war is won? At least that long
cMV.