Evening star., 1947-09-25

According to Mr.. Stripping,
Hams, an anti-NaN German
refugee and former citizen of Aus
tria, had made several visits to the
United States before the war and
was here In 1899 when he began
efforts to be admitted as a nonquota
immigrant.
The Eleanor Roosevelt correspond
ence indicated that Hams and his
wife were trying to arrange such
admission at the time through
Cuba. Mr.. STRIPPING told reporters
nonquota immigrant visas never
were obtained through Cuba, but
were arranged later through
Mexico.
Dated Mt White House.
Mrs. Roosevelt's letter was dated
at the White House January II,
1889, and began, Dear Sumner" j"
1t read as follows:
"All these papers were brought to
me yesterday by a friend of Mr..
Eisler. The man who brought them
Is a perfectly honest person and
very much disturbed. He thinks the
State Department has really told
the Cuban Consul that they do not
wish to admit the Eislers and he is
perfectly sure that the Eislers are
not Communists and have no po-
litical Affiliations of any kind. He
is sure that they believe our form
of government Is heaven" and
would be entirely agreeable with
out reservation to take an oath of
allegiance.
II believe that this said that the
Labor Department did not examine
the case carefully enough. Why not
do it all over again and bring it
out in the open and let the Eislers
defend themselves?
Cordially,
(signed ELEANOR ROOSEVELT"
Reply Put in Record.
Mr.. STRIPPING also placed in the
record reply sent to MES. Roose-
velt on January "a, 1899, signed by
Mr.. Welles.
Mr.. Welles, who left the State
Department in 1943, explained to
the committee, however, that, under
the conditions which existed in 1899,
the Undersecretary devoted nearly
all of his time to political and eco
nomic matters and was not able to
devote much time to administrative
problems in the department.
Mr.. Welles said he probably did
not examine very carefully the data
transmitted by Mrs. Roosevelt, and
that he asked Mr.. Messersmith to
prepare reply.
Mr.. Welles testified, however, the
data indicated the man who brought
the matter to Mrs. Roosevelt was
named Donald Stephens"
Meanwhile, Chairman Thomas
was quizzing Mr.. Welles about re-
cetpt of the memorandum from Mrs.
Roosevelt. Mr.. Welles said he has
had the privilege Of being a friend
OF Mrs. Roosevelt since childhood.
Welles' Answer.
The Welles answer to Mrs. Roose-
yelt Oh January "a, 1899. read as
follows:
Dear Eleanor:
Il have your letter of January
II inclosing number of papers
which were brought to you BY a
friend of Hams Eisler and I have
delayed writing you as wished the
matter to be gone into very care
fully.
1T Is quite possible that MI.
Eisler and his wife will be able to
show that they are admissible into
the United States under our immi-
grafton laws. The decision in their
cases must be made under the law
by the. consul general at Habana
to whom they desire to apply and
he cannot reach a decision until
he shall have had an opportunity
to examine Mr.. and Mrs. Eisler
when they call in person at the
consulate general to apply for
visas. This Is the customary pro-
cedure under the law and, al
though Mr.. and Mrs. Eisler may de-
sire to have decision reached as
to their qualification for visas be-