Who was once. governor of the State of New York and at 5ne tine a great Associate Tustice of the greatest court in the world. againt. a candidate for President of the United States. and now the premier of the present President of tile united States anid f this country. When refugees from warstricken Europe are mentioned. there aturally arises in. our" minds the thought. "Is it right to prevent any of these people front coming here ?." Is it net unAmerican. contrary to our traditional policy of providing "A refuge forthe.oppressed" " SentUment can never solve great national problems. The indiscriminate kindness which we may scent to be able to show to the coming millions of European. and Asiatic immigrants can iii 1o conceivable way counterbalance the lamr that these people may do to our race. especially if large numbers of them are mentally and physically unfit. Lt appears from the reports which have been presented to thb Conumittee on Immigral tion and a parL of them wi7 ich htave been Slimitted to theHouse thatIndiscriminate hospitality to immigrants is a supremely shortsighted. sellish. ungenerous. unAmerican policy. It may give snome of us for the moment a comfortable feeling that we are providing a " refuge for the oppressed." luit that is a.s now a state of mind as that wiicl. indiscriminately gives alms to any person on the street who asks for money. Such " charity" nay truly produce a warm feeling of personal generosity in the giver himselt.
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Large numbers of immigrants may be mentally and physically unfit and harm our race.