Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1921, Page 16

" < SHIP COMPANIES - PAY HEAVY N Laxity in Observing Immigra- tion Regulations Costs Over Million Annually. More than = million dollars annually is assessed and collected by the gov- ernment in fines and penalties against steamship companles entering United States ports because the steamship companies have not exerclsed proper supervision over immigrants, it was learned today at the Department of Labor. The amount probably will be this year, it was said, o the increased number of immigrants to the United States. ) Not only is there a large loss in money to the steamship companies, but home ties are severed in foreign i and homes broken 3 Soures 'of cases. only to have the im- gran o mi; t turned back at the port. when immigration inspectors for the Steamship companies could. by exer- cising their discretionaty powers, save themselves money and the immigrants heartbreak and expense by turning them back at the port of embarkation. Labor Department Embarrasing. Laxity of inepection of immigranis by steamship companies, a for- S Department of La- cial of the 2 ;vnn!rrcn::r(»d with handling of immi- gration matters caid, also has caused S mbarrassment to the Department of =5 " L cure, he sald, lies in more rigid inspection of immigrants and strict enforcement of the immigration laws. A policy of bureaucratic and arbitrary supervision over incoming aliens will in the end be one of humanity, this former official said, because it will save scores and perhaps hundreds of homes from being broken up in Eu- rope and other places from which the bulk of the immigrants this year will corhe. Tnder the laws the steamship com- y is charged Wwith the duty of Paspecting immigrants. The consul cannot do it. as his duty is to vise passports and he has no time to inspect the proposed immigrants. Some of the steamship companies. it is said. keep close watch on the persons they transport to the United States, and if they do not meet the tests of the immigration laws they are asked to meet the requirements. The literacy test is the biggest stum- bling-block in the way of most of the immigrants. Immigration Service Profits. $9,000,000 net on his seryice if the flood of immigrants continues to run as strong as it has run in the past six months. The tax of $8 per head has practically always made the im- migration service self-supporting, it was said, and. with immigration at its flood. as at present, the govern- ment will pile up a large surplus over expenses for the year 1921 When an i rant is rejected by the authoriticc at the port of em- ibarkation it costs the steamship company about $330 to pay his keep while his case is being looked into and to send him- back to his own country, which must be donme free of charge by the company. In addi- tion. if he is sent back, a fine is as- sessed by the Department of Labor for each immigrant rejected, if in- by an officer of the company at the port of embarkation. This fine is usually $300, making a total loss to the steamship company of $650 for each immigrant rejected. ”. TR e, T $10,000 D. C. QUOTA. Committee in Interest of Palestine Immigrants Seeks Funds. Ten thousand dollars has been set 28 the Tocal quota of the Palestine toll and machinery committee’s drive for ne immigrants, it was an- nounced today. A mass meeting will be held in thg Bear future. under the auspices of thi ‘Washington joint tool campaign com- mitee, to_launch the drive. Virtually a1l local Jewish organizations are par- ticipating in the campaign. Dr. Harry Spigel is chairman of the committee, ky, vice chairman; Capt. kin, corresponding secretary. Contributions of money or tools may e sent to the treasurer, Julius Peyser, at the Becurity Savings and Commar- clal Bank, 9th and G streets. 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James Edward Rogers Will Be | in Charge of Course. With the arrival ‘of Roy Smith Wallace from New York city and T. S Settle of Richmond, in Washington today, the National Training School for Community Service Workers was opened at 918 10th street northwest. This is the first time the training school has been hold outside the city of Chicago, where the plant of the South Park system has been used. The school will be conducted by James Edward Rogers, dean of the National Community Service training schools. He is assisted by a faculty including Miss Louise French, recrea- tional athletics; George E. Bradley, Charles S. Wengerd, music; Mrs. Ma- rie Moore Forrest, pageantry and the drama; H. Edward Bilkey, finances; Roy Smith Wallace, national aspects of community service, and T. S. Settle, experiences from the fleld. In commenting on the fact that the school is being held In Wash- ington, Mr. Settle, manager of the school, said: “I consider Washington the best place in the United States for such = | a school.” The facilities are excel-|equaled.” lent, the things to be learned from | The Community Service work of local trips of inspection are many | Washington will be studied and ex- and the beauty of the city is un- |plained to the students of the school JUST IMAGINE WHAT WoulD HAPPEN IF EVERYONE IN s THE WORLD WANTED To THeR 3 - i THE SAME "mm% '::.e ™E oNE A H TiMe! IM : St wouL HAPPEN IF | | everyBoDY 3 EVERYBODY IN THE . WoRLD DeCIDED T rd SPEND AN EASTER . SUNDAY IN ATLANTIC) SUTY_AT_THE SAME Tme! WELL, TAKE OURSELVES For INSTANCE: we ALWAYS DISAGREs! ¥ I WANT TO PLAY PINOCHLE You WANT o PLAY YOUR SMARE- DRUM ! 1T'S A GooD TMING THE PeOPLE WORLD oveR ARE Like uS! JEFF, DD You ever ITOP TO THINK WHAT A BLESSING 1T 1% THAT PeoPLE HAVE DIFFERENT, LIKES AND Disuikes? Serviee organization, which, up to * the present time has ' conduct- ing its school for the training of its own workers. by Mrs. Forrest and her staff of |the playground system of the Na-‘!on will explain the Community Cen- workers. Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, | tional Capital, and take the students | ter system of the District of Colum- | munity-wide, all-year-round recrea- supervisor of playgrounds In the [on tours of inspection of the Wash-|bia, and take the students on tours|tion program is a new step in the District of Columbia, will explain | ington playgrounds. Miss Cecil Nor- | of inspection of the local work. !'work of the National Community Training of executives for a com- R il ' ' il I L= 200,000 Oaklands in Service Recommend this One to You A brief statement of the record already established by the Oakland as a rightly-designed, sturdily-built and exceedingly economical car | [} UYING an Oakland Sensible Six today, is, so far as such a thing is possible in a motor car, investing in a commodity of known worth and value. What the Oakland is, and what the Oak- land does for the man who owns it, are matters of public record vouched for by the performance of more than 200,000 Oaklands in use. The Oakland car of today is in principle the Oakland car of six years ago—all the intervening timehasbeenspentin developing, refining and perfecting' the original modtfi. There is not a single detail of the present Oakland that has not earned its right to a place in the car, and earned it under the conditions of actual service. The Powerful Oakland Engine ” The engine of the present Oakland Sensible Six is of overhead-valve design, a type clearly demonstrated as superior by its use in all airplane and racing car engines. This engine delivers more power than others of similar size because its overhead- valve cylinder is the nearest ible com- mercial approach to the ideal combustion pound of car weight, quicker getaway, easier hill-climbing and greater flexibility, than are available in any other car at anywhere near the Oakland price. The Staunch and Lightweight Chassis The Oakland chassis is distinguished for its - combination of lightness anfiustren h—it has for its foundation a rugged 6%4-inch deep steel frame. This frame, reinforced by four very heavy cross-members, lends staunchness to the entire car, and formsa rigid support for the body that will not weave or sag. 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