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Show Will Learn at First Hand Problems of Undesirable Immigration. XEW YORK, Nov. 23. The house immigration' committee, which is studying study-ing conditions here, to prepare legislation legis-lation which will expedite deportation of undesirable aliens, boarded the Adriutic'at quarantine to learn at first hand the routine through which immigrants immi-grants must go. "The force of immigration inspectors on duty in the port of Xew York, .especially .es-pecially that part assigned to the work of boarding incoming vessels, is inadequate. inade-quate. This results .in the inspection of arriving aliens being only partly done. The inspectors are grossly underpaid." under-paid." This statements made by Representative Represen-tative ."Albert Johnson of Washington, head of the committee, summed up the observations of the committee on its trip. The conimittee members blamed present pres-ent conditions on " circumstances. ' ' Kef ore they cease their activities they hope to reorganize the service completely com-pletely and, in order to have all data necessary for their full information, will ask. for suggestions from men in all brandies of the service at the inquiry in-quiry tomonow at Ellis island. Every alien landing at Ellis island should be deported without further evidence evi-dence than the fact lie approves of the I.V. V. or communists ' program, declined de-clined Representut.ee Johnson. He added that more than 100 radicals are smuggling their way into this country every twenty-four hours, chiefly from Mexico, while in Japan and Switzerland Switzer-land radicals of all sorts are endeavoring endeavor-ing to secure passage here as a fertile field for their endeavors. "It is apparent," he said, "that one reason why vicious, half-crazed foreigners for-eigners are able to get into this country coun-try is that they slip by an organization organiza-tion which is not physically capable of doing the work assigned to it. That is a matter for legislation. "Whether there has been some laxity in the past is not of so much importance import-ance as to make sure that we safeguard safe-guard ourselves properly against the increasing dangers from future immigration. immi-gration. "One subject under consideration is that of providing machinery in consular consu-lar offices in Europe for examining and preventing undesirable persous from setting sail towards this country. This might have to be handled bv treaties with other nations, but such a system would have to be carefully surervised because of the danger of creating worse abuses than uow exist here. ' ' |