In opposing the bills introduced by Senator REYNOLDS and Representative STARNES. Dwight C. Morgan. secretary of the conference. objected to the provisions of the bill which would make it a deportable offense for an alien to be found carrying arms. or convicted of crime. or of picketing during a strike. Now you can imagine what would happen to an American citizen caught carrying arms or inciting to labor troubles by appearing in a picket line in England. France. Germany. or Italy. Yet these things are condoned by the Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born. especially the aliens. for the secretary saysYou can understand how dangerous these provisions are to trade unions in Florida. California. and New Mexico. not to mention New Jersey and even New York City. Is this an admission that certain labor unions are made up of aliens. or is It an admission that alien members of certain. trade unions are agitators and gunmen? This Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born appears to be really organized for the protection of the aliens in America. Witness the following: Most of the 4.000.000 foreignborn in America came at a different time and under different immigration laws than those we have today. Many of them came before the literacy test in the immigration law of 1917 and have been unable to obtain sufficient education to pass the literacy test. Twenty years in America should be long enough for a man to learn the rudiments of the American system of government and to read and write. It is easily understandable that there are thousands of "Chris Popoffs" in America todaymen who have become labor agitators and strike leaders.
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Aliens are agitators and gunmen.