Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1929, Page 31

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. THURSDAY, NATIONAL ORIGINS FATE IS IN OFFING Congressional Disposai of Immigration Issue Seen Within Two Weeks. BY MARK & VAN, Within twn weeks at most “national origing” will achieve one of two fates. It may become a permanent and fa- miliar part of our immigration restric- tion machinery. On the other hand it may disappear into the limbn of mystic phrases that have at various times played a stirring part in politics “National origint” has had some five years of controversial history in Con- aress, This week there will be a con- clusive roll-call in the Senate. and next week a conclusive one in the Lower House. There after, on July 1, “nation- al arigins™ either will or will not become the permanent for determining how many immigrants from each Euro- pean country may enter the United States each vear The controversy is between two for- mulas, of which one is “national ori- gins” and the other is "2 per cent of the eensus of 1890." The controversy is not between more immigrants and fewer jmmigrants. There is. as Sen- ator La Follette said, & widespread im- pression that “further restriction of im- migration” is involved. but that ix not true in anv material sense. The “cen- sus of 1820 basis” admits & total from all Europe of something over 163,000 The “national arigins” basis would ad- mit a total of something over 153.000 ‘That difference of, roughly, 10,000, is not material and does not Appear as a fundamental point in the debates. Comparative Figures. The really fundamental issue, so far 1890" is the basis now in effect. | this be abolished and if “national ori- | gins” be used instead. the following | changes will result: Use of “nationAl origing” would reduce the annual im- | migration out of Germany from 51.227 down to 25.057: Irich Free State from 28,587 dawn to 17.853: Sweden from u-w down tn 3.314; Norwav from 6453 down to 2377; Denmark from 2,780 -down to 1.181 Thoss are the principal reductians that “national origins” would bring about. It would alsn bring about one striking incremse. “National origins” would increase the annual immigration out. of Great Britain and Nerth Tre- 1and from 34.007 up to 65721, There are other changes with respeet to other countries, but all the others are com- paratively immaterial. The heart of the debate between the two systems, as re- spects their bearing on immigran's coming to the United States, lies in the figures cited above, National origint would materially reduce the immigration permitted from Germany, Irish Froe State. Sweden. Norway and Denmark. The bulk of the reductions from those countries would be absorbed by almost doubling the number permitted to come from Great Britain and North Ireland. More Complex Method. These are the figures involved in fhe controversy. The debate, however, deals Iargely with the relative logic of the two methods of fixing the quotas. Un- doubtedly. “national origins” is theoreti- ieally more logical the census of 1800 is confessedly an expedient. A rule-of-thumb. The cen- sus of 1890 method is easy to state. Ac- cording to it there is admitted from each country 2 per cent nf the number of natives of that country who happened to be living in the United States when the census of 1890 was taken The “national origins” basis is much more complex and mare difficult to state, One can put it roughly as follows: Experts in the Census Bureau were instructed to make an estimate of how much of the fotal blood of the United States is English, how much German, how much Swedish and so on. The experts made their estimate and reported that Amer- ica_is about 43 per cent English and Norta Irish in origin: about 17 per cent German in origin; about 10 per cent South Irish in origin: about 2 per cent Two per cent of It cent, South Ireland 10 per cent, Sweden 2 per cent, and o on. The difficulty it that while “national crigins” is theoretically logical, it is as actical matter open to attack. The statisticlans who made the —estimates were necessarily obliged to use some guesswork. Going back to colonial days they were obliged. for example. to make assumptions from names. In the debate this week Senator Walsh of Montana, eritieising “national origins.” elicited ‘an admission from Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, who leads the defense of this formula. Senator Walsh Asked. “What nationality would be As- signed to a man named Smith whose name appears on the census rolls of 17902 Senator Reed replied that the experts treated that name as some- times English and sometimes German depending on the part of the United States In which it is found. The name Cole” is usually treated as English. but. sometimes traced back to.the Hal- land “Kool.” The rensus experts had to tpke ac- count of infinite complexities of inter- marriage during a century and A half. They had to take account of a factor which appeared in the debates as the differential of fecundity.” These and other eccentric complexities “raise,” to use words once used by President Hoover, “grave doubts As to the whole value of these computations for the purposes intended.” . “Tex" Guinan in New Role. NEW YORK, June 6 () —Texac Guinan is to be a matron of honor. Her brother Tommy iz to marry Norma Tayior, night club dancer. |4 ] THE LIFETIME BURNER Means the Best in Ofl Heat. Phone Adams 6245 O Cant st 1355 Randolph St. N.W. and %ee One in Operation N COOLIDGE CRITICIZED FOR STOCK ATTITUDE Senator Explains Reference to President Did Not Mean Incumbent. Rv the Aseociated Prese Senator Glass, Democrat eald yesterday that in his diseussion Tuesday of the “President of the United States who literally jumped into the stock pit.” he was referring to former President Coolidge and not to Presi- dent Hoover ‘President Hoover about the stock marks ing no reference to him explained In his condemnation i of stock market speculations, Senator Glass declared “we not only do not see protests, but we saw the unprece- dented and extraordinary spectacle of a high official of the Federal Govern- ment deprecating any criticism of this Virginia | riot of stock gambling and saying that | it was not an unhealthy symptom.” Later -he said: “The person who, talked that way was the Prasident of the United States, who literally jumped ' into the stock pit and said thers was, nothing to be apprehendéd from thic riot of $6.000.000.000 of eredits in! stock gambling.” PULLMAN PAY RAISED. Per Mnmh I nerease Is Given to Porters and Mnids, CHICAGO, crense of 85 per month and certain im- provements fn working conditione have been granted tn 12000 porters and maids by the Pullman Co., today said. 8 announcement MOHAIR SUITS $18- Opew a charge nccount EISEMAN'S, 7th & F | ONE-CENT SALE CARNATIONS Spicy, Fragrant Blooms One Dozen Two Dozen Beautiful Roses $1.00 Doz. $1.00 s1.01 Garden Flowers 35¢ Bunch C&C Flower Stores June & UP) <A wage ine| A company | JUNE 6. 1929, 'BIG ATTENDANCE AT OIL CONFERENCE EXPECTED Wilhur !Avl Bp'wun RO0 and 300 Delegates to Study Consereation, B Ihe Aseciarsg Prac Acceptances nf invitations to the eon- ference on ofl conservation At Coloratie Springs. beginning June 10, Seeretary Wilbur announced tod: re practically unanimoy d SHAFFR FUR CO. FUR STORAGE in our eold-air vaults will protact vour furs during the Summer months. A most thorough and ecom- plete protection against moths, fire And theft. Repairing —Remodeling Now-—at Summer prices—— New 1"!“ models are now “moderate pricés before re-styling vour coat, Columbia 4824 of between 200 and 300 delegates. State delegations and representatives of nil and refinery compAnies from vir- tually all of the producing Areas of the eouniry have sent aceeptances to the invitations which were sxtended by the Federal Ol Conservation Board. The &tater include Arkansar. California, Kansas, Montana. New Mexico, OKla- homa. Pennsylvania, Texaz, Utah and Wyoming 1143 Conn. Avenue “CLEARANC preciated e 3RS MR Prices From Formerly F o NEW. SUM ned 16 complement appartunity concessinne FUR STORAGE 53‘00' Steamine and Glasine REMODELING & REPAIRING OUR SPECIALTY ISADOR MILLER M. Fureier 200 11th St N.W. Main a3 Announcing Our Sems-Annual E OF HATS 10 nese Younp Exelusice N8t * 1 varied of -\d\m Re h" N Hont $0.50 to 815 l/: 1o $35 wm-, ing of MER HATS a costume and com Early American as there is one, is how many of the total shall be admitted from each coun- try. One can state the comparative figures for important countries with Téasonable compactness. “Census of Swedish, and o on. From this estimate the “national origins” formula declares that Great Britain and North Ireland 807 14th St. N.W. Franklin 5442 804 17th St. N.W. Franklin 10391 FURNITURE made in our own factorz'esf shall have 43 per cent of the total im- orporation migration to America, Germany 16 per Offering Tremendous Savings for Friday, the Fifth Great Day of Qur Forty-Second Birthday Sale/ We Continue to Offer These Regular $10, $12.75 and $15 silk dresses and ensembles! at this amazingly low Birthday Sale Price! 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