Evening Star Newspaper, June 12, 1925, Page 4

“SELECTIVE” ALIE ~ LAWTOBE URGED Manufacturers Want Immi- grants Admitted on Basis of Labor Needs. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. “Selective immigration"—that is to say, immigrants selected to flll Ameri- ca's industrial and agricultural needs, instead of indiscriminate immigration under the quota system—will be pro- posed to the incoming United States Congress. Plans to amend the new immigration laws to that end have just been launched by the National As- soclation of Manufacturers. They have the tacit support of James J. Da- vis, Secretary of Labor, who has con- sistently advocated ‘“selective immi- gration.” A United States Government com- mission, consisting of representatives of the State, Treasury (Public Health Service), and Labor Departments, now in Europe, will sound out foreign gov- ernments on the proposition. Their co-operation, of course, wouid be nec- essary if the selective scheme were to ‘be adopted. Labor Needs As Guide. The National Association of Manu- facturers advocates that immigration should be adjusted to the Nation's de- mands for labor. It is proposed, in- stead of limiting the number of allens admissible in any year to population quotas, that the law should be made elastic enough to admit laborers in accordance with - the demonstrated needs of industry from season to sea- mon. As things now stand, 5,000 Swedes, or 5,000 Englishmen or 5,000 Germans line up from menth to month in front of the American consulate, respective- 1y, in Stockholm, London or Berlin. Thelr applications for emigration per- mits are passed upon and vised on the Basis of first come, first served. No ®ort of discrimination is made, or can be made, under the present law, to de- termine what particular classes of people may or may not come to our shores. Concelvably they might all be domestic servants, tailors, mechanics or wholly unskilled labor. Everything depends on who is lucky enough to be at the front of the line and reach the visa. officer before the quota is filled up. It is contended that this is an unsound arrangement. ‘Want Flexible Law. ‘A spectal immigration committee of the National Association of Manufac- turers was appointed to consider a se- Jective system. The committee con- sister of representatives of the United States Rubber Co., Henry Disston & Sons, Philadelphia; Dayton Malleable Iron Co., Dayton, Ohio; International Harvester Co., Bethlehem Steel Co. and the Globe Automatic Sprinkler After studying the first year's effects of the new immigration law the committee finds that while it “is & decided advance in administration,’ the restriction of numbers is arbi- trary rather than selective. The hope is expressed that the next Congress will reconsider the immigration law and make it flexible enough to “ex- pand and contract” in accord with Qefinitely determined economic re- Quirements. Method of Operation. It Congress were to listen to such proposals they would work out in mome such fashion as this: The De- partment of Labor would ascertain that the steel industry during the next #ix months or a year would urgently meed a certain number of.unskilled workers. Or_ the Department of Labor might learn that the North- western agricultural regions were so denuded of farm hands that 20,000 or 26,000 European agricultural work- ers could immediately be absorbed. American immigration agents abroad thereupon would notify European governments accordingly. The latter on thelr part would set about to drum up the required kind of emi- grants, inform them that their appli- cations for emigration would be con- sidered first; that they would be ad- missible to the United States with- out delay and find immediate em- ployment there. Selective immigration bears a re- mote resemblance to the old contract 1abor law, which was in existence in the days of the “infant industries” of America, like the tin-plate trade. But authorities llke Secretary Davis, who are strongly in favor of the present restrictive immigration law, consider that it will be defective until supple- mented by purely selective immigra- tion. Davis Gives Views. Bome of Mr. Davis’ observations on the subject are as follows: “I am in favor of a law under which we would make our selection of immi- grants abroad, and permit only those to enter this country who could find and fit into available places in our in- dustrial, social and political life. I would provide for the admission, re- gardless of quota, of farmers and skilled or unskilled labor, where labor of like kind cannot be found unem- ployed in the United States, provided that no strike or lockout exists or im- pends in the industry seeking to im- port such labor. Undoubtedly there are times when we need more man power, Our immigration history has proved that it is folly to seek to sat- isfy this need by throwing down all of the bars and admitting allens indis- criminately. When we need a special class of worker we should admit that spedial class, in order that all other workers in the industry dependent upon the labor which is lacking may not be thrown out of employment. The need for such a law is plain. We cannot afford to burden the American economic structure with man power which we cannot use and which might easily be used in time of industrial depression to undermine the American wage scale and the American standard of living.” The Natlonal Assoclation of Manu- facturers heartily supports Secretary Davis' plan for alien registration as & safeguard against alien radicallsm. (Copyright, 1925.) BATTLING CHINESE OPEN FIRE ON ALIEN SHIPPING IN CANTON (Continued from First Page.) of the outer boundaries of the British concession, while volunteer and naval contingents are guarding the inner defenses. The body of a Japanese was dis- covered in a gutter today. JAPANESE IS SLAIN. Shops Are Destroyed Before British Are Attacked. SHANGHAL June 12 (f).—Fifteen thousand Chinese mill workers, who had struck and later returned to work, walked out again tonight. ‘The recrudescence of the strike was considered an immediate result of the sharp disorders at Hankow, interior port, where many have been killed in a series of riots. Lesser outbreaks, principally direct- ed against Japanese on the North Sze Chuen road, were reported to forelgn settlement authorities tonight. The shipping tie-up, due to the waterside strike, continued _almost complete here tonight. Thirty{ive ves- sels were idle. Others, which normal- ly would hive called at Shanghai, were reported diverted to other ports. Six Rioters Killed. A supplementary report received to- night by the Japanese consulate here from Hankow stated that previous to the use of machine guns by the Brit- ish in protection of their armory. six rioters in the Japanese concession had been killed after eight Japanese shops on Hupeh street, in the British con- cesslon adjacent to the territory, had been reduced to Kindling. One Japa- nese was killed and five others wound- ed in the melee. The report added that all Japanese residing in Chinese territory in Han- kow were taking refuge in the Japa- nese concession, which was being guarded by Japanese volunteers and a naval contingent. Barricades around the British concession, the report said, were being strengthened in_anticipa: tion of new attacks by the Chinese. Circulars have been distributed by the striking element in the French concession here charging the Com- munists with taking advantage of the disturbances to carry out their own plots. The assertion is made that the local Communists have received large sums from Russia. The circulars make the usual ‘de- mand for redress for the “foreign ag- gression,” and conclude: “We weep for the deaths of our brethren, while the Communists laugh in the dark.” Call for Parley. PEKING, June 12 (P).—Representa- tives of foreign powers here today re- plied to the note of the Chinese for- eign office by saying that the most appropriate means of re-establishing law and order at Shanghal would be to discuss on the spot the best milasure! to bring about the desired end. The foreign diplomats in their re- ply ignored the Chinese foreign of- fice stipulation that all foreign forces should depart from Shanghai before peace measures are discussed. The reply adds that legation repre- sentatives have glven instructions to their delegates now in Shanghal to consider, together with the consular body there and representatives of the Chinese government, the best remedy for the present state of affairs, which all countries deplore. After reminding the Chinese gov- ernment of a desire for the amicable settlement of the Shanghal situation, the reply says the forelgn diplomats “cannot abstain from the recalling to the Chinese government that it incurs a heavy responsibility in any situation which "concerns the maintenance of order in Shanghai, Peking, and, gen- erally speaking, throughout China.” SOVIET UNIONS AID. 50,000 Rubles Sent to Relief of Chinese in Peking. MOSCOW, June 12 (#).—The Cen- tral Council of Trade Unions of Soviet Russia has telegraphed 50,000 rubles to Peking to assist the striking Chin- ese and the families of those killed in the rioting. DID NOT SEE FLAG. Kwangsi General Reports on Pam- panga Attack. HONGKONG, June 12 (®).—It is ascertained that the troops which fired on the American gunboat Pampanga ~ near the Island of Whampoa, in the Canton region, yes- terday, were of the Kwangsi and not the Yunnanese forces. Replying to a protest from the American consul, the general in charge of the troops said his officers did not see the American flag on the warship. ¥ The gunboat was convoying a launch belonging to Canton Christian College at the time of the incident. The Amer- ican gunners returned the fire of the Chinese, but no casualties were re- ported, FEAR FOR MISSIONS. Americans Ordered to Come to Han- kow at Once. NEW YORK, June 12 (P).—Ameri- can missionaries and their familles in the Hu Peh province have been order- ed to return to Hankow immediately, according to a cablegram received to- day by the Episcopal mission head- quarters. S The message read: “Situation seri- ous. Women, children and mission- arles have been ordered to this port.” About 50 American missionaries and their families were scattered about the province. Shifts to Interior. SAN FRANCISCO, June 12 (P).— The scene of violence in the Chinese anti-forelgn agitation shifted to the interior today, when reports received from Hankow, 585 miles inland from Shanghal, told of the killing of eight Chinese members of a mob. The riot- ers attempted to attack the British volunteer armory and a machine gun was turned into the crowd. One Jap- anese shopkeeper was reported seri- ously injured when the rioters de- stroved shops on the bund. Spread of the unrest to Hankow, which is one of the principal interior cities of China, was reported in cable- SHERWOOD FOREST “A Restricted Community Under Club Control” Invites you to examine into its claims to distinction. Sitnated on very high land, it Nights are proverbially cool and —porches unscreened. For those not caring to keep house 5 Community Dining Halls are convenfently located and arranged with an eye to comfort in hot weather is swept by prevailing breezes. osquitoes a negligible factor i D. O, FRIDAY grams received, while reports from Shanghai indicated an attempt was being made to end the anti-forelgn agitat’ n and general strike. Hankow is & citv of 800,000 and is compared with Cl.cago as a commercial center. At Chinkiang, a treaty port 166 miles from Sbenghal, a grave situa- tion was repgrted. Forelgn women and children hayve lgft the community for Shanghdl. " Demonstrations were recently held at Chinklang against foreign atcivities in China. Another outbreak is feared, apparently. At Shanghal, seat of the first 'urbances against foreigners, the gen- eral strike continued, and all local shipping was reported at a standstill as the result of the strike of Chinese crews. The situation at Shanghal, Chin- kiang and Hankow is a conflict be- tween Chinese and foreigners, while the trouble. centering around Canton is one of the old characteristic fights between two Chinese leaders for pos- session of the city and the power to collect taxes and other revenue. No national spirit is manifested, as at Shanghai, where young Chinese seem bent on abolishing forelgn courts and foreign rule. =i VIRGINIA LINE CHARTERED Special Dispatch to The Star FREDERICKSBURG, Va., June 12, —A charter was granted by State Cor- poration Commission yesterday to the Orange and Fredericksburg Rallroad Co., orfnized to take over and operate the Pledmont, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, narrow-gauge be- tween Fredericksburg and Orange, recently sold under foreclosure pro- ceedings to George W. Richards of Philadelphia. The new company is composed of business men of Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania and Orange. The actuai purchase of the rallroad has not been completed. 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Fuller Co., Thompson-Starrett Co. and the Longacre Engineering and Con- struction Co. valued at approximately $90,000,000. Labor Department officials said the controversy between the two unions began nearly 14 years ago, and has been actively pressed by both sides at various times since then. TIE-UP SPREADS. $15,000,000 More Work Is Halted by Union Dispute. NEW YORK, June 12 (#).—The plasteers’ strike, called Tuesday, which revived the jurisdictional dis- pute between the plasterers’ and bricklayers’ unlons, has been extend- ed to $15,000,000 worth of construc- tion in New Haven, White Plains, Bronxville and other Eastern citles, according to unfon officials. —_— Sitt Ibsan, the first Moslem woman to unvell and attend a co-educational institution, recently won an Arabic speaking contest arranged by the American University of Beirut. ARMY DESIRES PEACE, DWIGHT DAVIS DECLARES Prepared Against War, Not for It, He Tells West Point Graduates. : By the Associated Press. WEST POINT, N. 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