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Show '3 ASSOCIATED INDUSTRIES J ON IMMIGRATION At a meeting in Salt Lake, the din e tors of the Utah Associated Industries adopted the following preamble to a set of resolutions : "Whereas, recent immigration sta-,.-'f tistics show that the present fiscal M year will break all records in the num-ber num-ber of alien admitted into the United H Slates, and Indications point to cen a greater number in the immediate fu-bbbbbbI . "Whereas, the present immigration , )aws of the United States do not pro-j ' J this country against the flood Of undesirable aliens as a result of which real numbers of the radical and I fi criminal classes are now being admit- ; 'M ec lo ln'9 counlr' anu are addinc tQ. our serious social and industrial prob-j Icms Therefore, be it resolved." Then the directors of the I'tah As sociated Industries resolved: "1. That we favor immediate legis- j J3I latlon by congress de? tgned to correct j present defects in our Immigration 1 "2. That we favor the abolition of 3 lhe literacy test as a primary require 'f'ySm ment for entrance into this country. "3. That we recommend a policy of selective immigration which will ex dude the criminal and radical elemem. but will admit those- who are physical-iyf physical-iyf mentall ;nd morally tit nnd whose jj positive attitude toward constituted iB authority is known "4. That this policy of selective immigration should inetude actual In spectlon and examination of record of each alien applicant in his own conn-:n conn-:n by our own organizations abroad. more adequate facilities at our ports of entry, a sufficiently large ami trained personnel in charge of the enforcement en-forcement of our immigration laws "5. That we look upon any policy designed to shut off even temporarily all Immigration to this country as an evasion of the question." The resolutions leave a big loophole. The overwhelming body of Immigrants are neither of the criminal nor the radical element Therefore, we tako it. the Utah Associated Industries is in favor of an almost unobstructed inflow in-flow of foreigners To continue to allow al-low millions of strangers of foreign 'customs to pour into our country is a mistake. There are districts in all (our large cilies where the English language lan-guage is not spoken. The foreigners have been coming to our shores in numbers beyond our ability to assimilate assimi-late them. The country needs a breathing spell in which to get its bearings The bill prepared by the committee commit-tee on immigration of the lower house of congress is more acceptable than thp measure advocated by the local organization. |