(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
The House Immigration Committee, instead of taking action upon the Wadsworth amendment for admission of 35,000 wives and children of declarants, unexpectedly gave a hearing to three persons who appeared before the Committee. This hearing occupied the entire session and the committee adjourned without considering the relief legislation.
The next meeting of the committee will probably be held next week, but Chairman Johnson intimated that an opportunity will be given for further hearings on the bill. This develops a new possibility of delay hitherto unexpected as previously there had been no talk of holding any hearings. Another possibility of obstruction is seen in the disposition of Chairman Johnson to raise the point that the Wadsworth amendment alone will not grant sufficient relief and that a more comprehensive bill will have to be considered.
At yesterday’s hearing Royal C. Stephens representing the Patriotic Citizens Civic Association of Philadelphia, appeared in opposition to the Wadsworth amendment. He protested against the admission of additional aliens to America on the ground that they do not become sufficiently Americanized. He described conditions in the large areas of alien population of Philadelphia. Two representatives of the Canadian Club of Boston requested the Committee to adopt legislation to enable the naturalization of aliens admitted from Canada where immigration officials often fail to keep official records of entry and render it impossible for applicants for citizenship to obtain certificates of arrival.
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