National origins provision of immigration law

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Identifikator:: 1796380105

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

Document type:: Monograph

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

Collection:: Economics Books

NATIONAL ORIGINS PROVISION OF IMMIGRATION LAW 127 less one wants to take the position that those colonial stocks are inf rior, one must insist that their present proportions in our popu- lat:on should not be diminished. } The National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, takes a firm stand in support of the Constitution of the United States. It therefore feels that it must assist the immigrants in interpreting American standards of living. oo For several years the D. A. R. has presented to immigrants upon their arrival at our ports of entry a manual urging them to inform themselves upon the privileges of liberty and security granted to every citizen under the United States Constitution, and further, has invited them to avail themselves of the opportunities offered them for becoming citizens of this great Republic. Our first manual was brought out 1911 and published in only two languages, Italian and English. Since then we now print it in 17 languages, Handbook Manual of the United States, giving infor- mation for the early arrivals. We have rendered friendly assistance to the foreign born. We have strengthened the faith of newcomers in conservative leader- ship, pointing out that orderly workmanship is more desirable than idleness, thirft than reckless expenditure, learning than ignorance, and law and order than mob ascendency. The national society is apprehensive that the foreign-speaking peoples in many cities, living a life apart from American customs and ideals, create a menace to good government and stalwart Ameri- can citizenship. When it is considered that a conservative estimate places the number of foreign newspapers and publications at around 1,200, another threatening, un-American problem confronts us. We believe that America has room for a normal number of incom- ing people, but that it should not yield to the incessant demand by foreign opposition to this immigration act of 1924, that we admit a quota of foreigners reckoned on a basis that will reduce the very people who have made our Nation what it is—a land so enticing that foreigners plead to be put on the waiting list, that they are willing to leave relatives abroad. not knowing the time at which they can be reunited. As a group of American women, loving America and standing for national defense in all its ramifications, we believe a thoughtful Congress will not deny the protection and fair representation af- forded the family life of the Nation in the national-origins plan. Senator CoPELAND. Just a moment. Does the witness feel that the 1,200 foreign-language papers were disloyal to us during the war? Mrs. Water. 1 do not say so. I say I think that they are a prob- tem because it indicates that we are not assimilating them as rapidly as we should like. Senator CoreLAND. Is the witness questioning the fact that it was stated by those who investigated it at the time that much patriotic service was rendered by those papers in presenting to those persons in our country who had not yet mastered our language, the cause and ideals and ambitions of our country in this contest ? Mrs. Wanker. That is very possible. I do present it as an illus- tration that it should not be necessary, if we are assimilating our immigration as rapidly as we should like, to have 1.200 foreion-

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