Show SHORTAGE RAE OF LABOR r IMMIGRATION J MEET TOPIC foreigners Jo Leaving When U Ur Ul S Sk Is h Short 1 J n Speaker Says Stays v lf mc April 8 The S.-The The first nth WO 1 1 Immigration conference ever h h in America began here yesterday t di naturalization and pratton n laws ys and the shortage of ot labor the exodus of ot immigrants from and the cause of or unrest among the foreign born with a a. view to tb formulating recommendations to congress The meeting was under the auspices of ot the interracial council ot of New v Ne York and nd delegates Included re representatives of or thirty racial groups and spokesmen for tor Industry agriculture agriculture tur ture capital and labor Jabor H. H Barr president of ot the Interracial Council and spokesman for Industry and General Coleman Du DuP DuPont DuPont P Pont nt chairman of the board of ot directors dl di dT rectors of r the interracial coun council ll opened the the meeting A statement pr prepared p red by E. E T Meredith secretary o was read II IIo S SHORT 10 RT MEN AmerIca lV is- s- s men short as a. a a f result of a a. a dwindling of Immigration immigration tion since the war General Du Pont Ponts s said ld Thousands of immigrants are going back Other countries are are making organized efforts to attract attract attract at at- tract immigration The United States Is ta not iThe The Indiscriminate denunciation of ot tb the they forel foreign n born which has been t taking place h In III America is resulting Inmany of them leaving this coun- coun I coun-I tri It is resulting also In growing e misunderstandings between native and andt t foreign born residents and in a a. general general genet gen gen- et eral 11 demoralization of industrial and social life liCe The Immigrant no longer will come cometo cometo to America to enjoy freedom of ot worship worship worship wor wor- ship or the right of ot free speech but the tits impelling reason will be econ eco- eco n lc Mr Barr said Our t-Our permanent national prosperity depends upon sound production andone and andone andone one of its essential features is a a. sufficient supply of unskilled workers 1 1 For years ears it is the the- labor Jabor of oft t tha l immigrant that has supplied this need z J 0 M MEREDITHS MEREDITH'S STATEMENT Secretary Meredith's Merediths statement outlined outlined outlined out out- lined the work of the department of or agriculture and with reference to Immigration and the farm labor Jabor problem problem- said Many thousands of Immigrants who w came from farms In their home co country and who are real lovers of ot th the soil pave been sidetracked In our great cities Large numbers or of orthe the discontented elements can be transformed into contented agricultural agricultural tural workers If It they are told ho hoto how to make the right t move |