Show ONE QUARTER MILLION IDLE director national americanism corn com nilion mission of legion cite condition in united state more than a quarter of a million w workmen 0 akmen are unemployed in the united states according to a recent a urvey survey conducted by garland W powell director ot of the national americanism Ica nisin commission of the american legion mr powell states state t that h a t his unemployment figures were based on questionnaires addressed to all state aj s chambers of commerce and to state G W powell of legion the no results of this census directly refutes many arguments in favor of lowering the bars against alien himml crathon this year said powell there Is an organized movement afoot among employing interests to repeal the present 3 per cent act tor for limiting immigration on the plea of a carcity of labor the american legion wants to bring the true condition of affairs before the country we are not alarmists alarmiste alar mists but we do not feel that the true business interests of the country will be forwarded by brin bringing gina in all the cheap foreign labor that europe can supply we want to see american industries manned by american ameri I 1 can labor at a living wage powell declared that he could bring forward statistics to prove that in the coal industry alone three miners were struggling to make a living on work enough tor for just two the american legion Is pro amer amen ican said powell we are absolutely neutral la in economic disputes because our membership Is made up from all sorts of occupations employers and laborers alike but we feel eel it our duty to warn the american people that the population of this country Is already one third foreign by birth or extraction unrestricted immigration would europeanize this country in five years more that Is a condition we do not desire |