Speech #660099658

Expert and experienced immigiation inspectors stationed at ports of embarkation could better keep out the undesirables and easily look up suspected radicals and stop them from coming here. There are thousands of peo= pie in this country who have friends and relatives in the old country whom they would like to bring over here. and they will be deprived of the opportunity to do so if this bill is made a law. Now. then. to listen to the speeches that have been made here today one would think that conditions were terrible in this country and that the immigrants or foreigners were responsible for it. The fact is that many of the men who have spoken in favor of this bill today have very few foreigners in their districts. I represent a district that is made up of foreigners and the children of foreigners. and there are very few in the district who could be called Americans. Our public schools are crowded with pupils. and there are many private and parochial schoofs giving education to the youth of the district without any cost to the Government. Our night schools are continually filled with men and women far beyond the school age. anxious to learn our language. and when you talk about immigrants being ignorant and claim that all the unrest and dissatisfaction in certain sections is causpd by anarchists. Bolsheviki. anid undesirable immigration you are doing an Injustice to the great majority of honest and worthy Immigrants who are industrious. hardworking. lawabidIng people. If it were not for the immigrant. the West would still be L wilderness. Through their efforts the deserts have blossomed out. our granaries have been filled. and largely by their labor food was provided for the Army and Europe kept from starving. They have bought our bonds. and contributed their share to the success of the war. and If there Are anarchists and Bolshevists here or other aliens who are disturbing conditions. they can now be deported under present laws. and the sooner they are the better.