Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-08-07 | Page 9 | Immigrant Ship Races May Stop

IMMIGRANT SHIP RAGES TOP Steps Taken to End Dashes Dash J to Port I W WASHINGTON Aug 6 Midnight racing of ot laden immigrant ste steamers Into Amerl American an harbors to land lana monthly quotas in the first minutes ot pf th the first flut day of ot new months montIs may moy be done done n away af with Monday when ship hip lines lines' officers r and immigration officials get together to formulate a a. new nSf agreement ement Commissioner General Husband Husband of tho the immigration bureau in announcing I tho the conference today saId bald he was ss willing t to wipe tho slate clean ad 4 id mit un under 1 r b bond nd the the or so Aug August t. t quota excess now now in harbors and ber be begin gin all aU over or If It the tho companies wo would ld reach a bl binding agreement a among Ciu themselves not to exceed quotas quota here here- gafter g t after S Due to such a D. race J July ly 31 31 1 tb the j Greek Turkish and other small email quotas quota s sor j for or August were exceeded ed in tho the firsts two minutes of Aug August st 1 i. On One f ship lost out because of or a lighter cr crossi crossing s' s drig g gher her herbow bow Sho She was was was' a British steamer u carrying a n. small part Jart of ot the the- months month's quota of ot Greeks and had refused refused- C Corn Com q q mIssioner Husband said to A Greek ship with the s s 's quota of ot Greeks left after the tho Dr British I vessel but won Voon by two minutes minUte in docking The Th c conference o Is ls planned to devise ways and means of meeting this situation S S 'S Companies that bring th tho majority J of ot Immigrants arc aro aro adhering i agreements among themselves the 4 J oner said that thal they would n Ji bring more aliens aliena of ot any ny nationality ty r than could be ho admitted under ea each b months month's quota The Tho difficulty is with r smaller lines Unes and comparatively small numbers of ot immigrants ho Io sal sal said Sinco probably not hot more mOle than aliens alien have havo arrived in excess of or quotas s. s but these h v taken take p all the time Q gf cf th the bureau t ft to handle it Il was as said C able pressure is brought by mem of ot congress and oth others rs' rs to permit to be admitted once once they 1 reach a l port the commissioner said saM and none non ha been taken back by bytho tho the ship c cot coi s f p panics that bro brought ht them as L yet e