National origins provision of immigration law

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Identifikator:: 1796380105

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-196168

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Title:: National origins provision of immigration law

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Gov. Pr. Off.

Year of publication:: 1929

Scope:: III, 171 S

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Statement of Samuel A. Mathewson, University Club, New York City

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124 NATIONAL ORIGINS PROVISION OF IMMIGRATION LAW At a time when warfare was simple, as compared to its present complica- tions, any able-bodied man who owned a musket could be enrolled in the local militia. Enlistments for a temporary emergency—e. g., an “alarm” often lasted for a few days only until another emergency resulted in another enlist- ment. Misspelling of names by recruiting officers, when there was no systematic keeping of records, adds to the confusion. Discipline in any real sense was practically nonexistent. Technical deser- tion from the service mercly and not to the enemy was not considered g grave offense, and was going on ali the time. Most of those who so deserted from one colpany later enlisted in the militia of nearby townships, and would later desert again and then reenlist, how many under different names it is impossible to say. The Revolutionary War muster rolls present, therefore, insurmountable difficulties, as far as their use is concerned, as a premise for basing any con- clusion such as that drawn by Mr. O’Brien. This memorandum does not take up Mr. O’Brien’s work in its other phases, but in so far as A Hidden Phase of American History attempts by use of the Revolutionary War muster rolls to prove its point regarding the number of irish in this country at that time and in 1790 it is ineffectual. Mr. Trevor. This referred, Senator, to the statistics which were before Congress when the 1924 act was in preparation, and it also refers to the fact that I am supposed to be a person who turned in a lot of stuff to the notorious Lusk Committee. The fact of the matter is, Mr. Chairman, that I was appointed special deputy to the attorney general of the State of New York, and that I was requested by Senator Lusk to secure my discharge from the Army as early as possible in order to assist the joint legis- lative committee of the State of New York to organize a bureau to investigate radical and subversive movements within the State, which subsequently conducted an investigation of the radical situation in our State. I resigned that position after getting the work organized, and the committee subsequently published some voluminous docu- ments, in which the Senator can find my name. Senator Reep. You are the John B. Trevor who supplied statistics which were used by the Senate and House in 1924 when the national origins was adopted, were you not? Mr. Trevor. Yes, sir; unquestionably so. I gave them to Senator Lodge and to you after the introduction of your resolution in the Senate. Senator Reep. I notice that the article states that the statistics for this system are being supplied by John B. Trevor, referred to above. so that evidently the article means you? Mr. Trevor. Without a question. i Senator Reep. It also states here immediately after the reference to you that Secretary Davis is also of British birth, implying that you are, and that you say is untrue? Mr. Trevor. Absolutely untrue and demonstrably untrue. STATEMENT OF MRS. SHERMAN WALKER, VICE PRESIDENT GEN. ERAL DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION; ALSO CHATRMAN NATIONAL DEFENSE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL, SOCIETY. WASHINGTON. D. C. Mrs. Warker. My name is Mrs. William Sherman Walker; vice president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution; also chairman of the national-defense committee, representing an or- ganization of 167,000 active members, comprising over 2,300 chapters in every section of the United States

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