Speech #680075702

LoNG BaAcn. CALIF.. Jauay. 8. 1924.. .Resolution adopted by the Long Beach (Calif.) Central Labor Council in regular session assembled on the above date Whereas recent disclosures by the State Department and other FedeTal agencies indicate that this country is threatened with Soviet and other.foreign propaganda of a radical nature. and Whereas official records bearing on trials and criminal investigations tend to show that such propaganda emanated from foreign surces and is here fostered by aliens. and Whereas this foreign propaganda lins for thepast few years reached such proportions as to arrest theattention of the American people to the seriousness of the situation and to call for a nationwide Amer!cafitzation program. and Whereas this Americanization program. necessitated by a large unassimilated population. entails a lavy expense upon the taxpayers. money that could be -saved or applied to the education of American children . and Whereas. according to the United States census. there are already 13.000.000 foreigners in this country. of WhiCh number 1.500.000 can not speak English and 3.000.000 can not read or write the English language . and Whereas -in view of the foregoing conditions a continued influx of immigrants would accentuate this undesirable state of affairs. constituting a menace to the American people and Its institutions. and Whereas a continued immigration on an unrestricted basis would Increase the present state ol unemployment. which condition is in a measure responsible for the outbreak of crime: Therefore be It Resolved by the Loang Beach Central Labor Council at a regular meeting held January 3. 1924. At the Long Beach Labor Templc. 1118 .1ine Avcanue. That it goes on record as being absolutely opposed to any form of legislation which will remove the present restrictions.placed on immigration and tending to increase the present 3 .per cent annual admission now authorized. and be it further Resolved. That the Long Beach Central Labor Council views with favor any legislation which would further reduce the percentage of liimigrants allowed each year until the Nation has had time to absorb the alien population. and be it further Resolved. That Senators hIRAM W.