Not a few. therefore. are claiming that this law is not inconsistent with the tenets of the KuKlux Klan. It is thus as refreshiig as the north Wind ill the heat of sunmier to hear of the resolutions of protest passed in connection wlth this proposed bill by the Home Missions Council and the Counlcil of Women for tome Missionsrepresenting all denomitiatiois of Prolestant churchesat a conference recently Deld InI Atlantic City on January 14. The resolutions are as follows: All udmilt that our present immigration laws are faulty. have causod much suffering and bitterness. and need to be radically changed. The churches of America must earnestly work together to bring about the adoption of a Christian immigration policy. We Christliais I America should delland that whatever legislation is enacted be humane. that: It promote international friendship and peace. and that it be strictly enforced and efficiently administered. There is no question that there should be an adequate appropriation by Congress for enlarging and repairlug the physical equipment at Ellis Island. for the sanitary .nulltenance of all our immigration stations. and for an increased and efficient personnel of immigration officials. The prevailing mtiSemitism In many European countries and the evidence of the same spirit here and there in America makes It ineumbent on the chuirmhes to oppose all propaganda directed against the Xews as unAmnerican and alien to the spirit of Christ. We are. moreover. called upon aclively and sympathetically to inculcate the spirit of friendliness and good will and thus redeem the Christian faith in the eyes of the Jews from association with prejudice.
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