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Show PLACE BLAME FOR CRIME IN NATION In order to support the claims of the American Legion that a certain element of the alien population Is largely responsible for crime in the nation, a definite survey of persons and courts has been undertaken by Garland W. Powell, director of the National Americanism commission of the Legion. The Legion favors total exclusion of all Immigrants for a period of five years, in order to assimilate those aliens now within the boundaries of America, and will present the determinations deter-minations as regards the crime by aliens, in order to substantiate the allegations that such immigration Is deleterious to national Ideals. Similar information has never before be-fore been available, but Mr. Powell hopes to present It in such a way as to completely bear out claims of the Legion. The Immigration question will be presented to national legislators legisla-tors for consideration at this term of congress. In a letter sent to the chairman of Americanism commissions in each of the Legion departments, definite information infor-mation is sought. One of the questionnaires ques-tionnaires prepared by the American-Ism American-Ism commission deals with courts, district dis-trict attorneys and the activities of their offices. In this, Mr. Powell requests re-quests exact information as to cases pending against aliens for violation of narcotic and prohibition laws, for murder, for robbery, and other crimes, as compared with American citizens held on. the same charge. Another portion of the questionnaire deals entirely with prison and penal Institutions. This requests information informa-tion as to how many aliens are serving serv-ing sentences of six months or more for murder, robbery, violation of prohibition pro-hibition and narcotic laws, and other crimes, as compared with the Americans Amer-icans incarcerated for the same crimes. Importance of such a census of prisons pris-ons and courts has been impressed on the Americanism commission of each department, and the Information received re-ceived is expected by Mr. Powell to be of weight in consideration of Immigration Im-migration restriction, in line with policies pol-icies of the veterans' organization. |