Show PlAN TO m APPEAL CA CATHCART CASE CAS Want Law Interpreted to Exclude Aliens Aliens' Guilty of Immoral Conduct WASHINGTON March 1 6 G AP Ap- Ap Officials of the department of la labor labor la- la bor have determined to appeal the case of the Countess jf if f Cathcart In an effort to obtain a definite Interpretation of the law which excludes excludes excludes ex ex- ex- ex aliens who admit having Committed acts Involving moral tur tur- Assistant Secretary of Labor Husband declared today th that t the recent court ourt decision admitting the countess to this country after the department of ot labor had denied her entry made it appear that for nineteen nineteen nineteen nine nine- teen years ears the Immigration authorIties authorities authorities author author- had misconstrued that provision provision provision pro pro- vision of the law providing fur for the exclusion of aliens who admitted having committed a felony or other act In Involving moral turpitude COURT RULING The countess countes was allowed to enter the United States under a a. courts court's ruling which held that the act complained complained complained com com- of was committed in South Africa and that in that country it did not constitute a crime The whole incident grew out of the countess' countess elopement several years ago with the Earl of Craven In excluding considerable numbers numbers numbers num num- bers of aliens from the United St States tes Mr 11 Husband said the authorities au- au have proceeded upon the belief that In enacting the law congress intended th that t United States standards rather than the standards were the prescribed acts were committed should determine whether or 01 not ah an alien is sible However r from the deci decision on In the Cathcart matter It appears that in future cases arising In the district dIstrict district dis dIs- Which Includes the principal port of entry the of ot otan an alien must be determined by the law and standards of foreign countrIes countries countries coun coun- tries and In the interest of fairness it is the purpose as soon as feasible feasible feasible ble to make it applicable in all districts unless or until modified by a Judicial 0 or congressional ac- ac ac tion ion For the present however he lie said n fin effort fort would be made to modify the administrative practice now In force at ports of arrival and If cases arise and are appealed they will be adjudicated in each instance instance by by the secretary of labor |