San Francisco Used by Jews Entering U.S.

That New York City is not the only port of American entry for Jewish immigrants and that the Hebrew Sheltering Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) branches in other cities are vital is evidenced by the report made public yesterday by the San Francisco branch of the organization.

Twenty-five Jewish immigrants—ten men, eight women and seven children—recently arrived in that city on Japanese steamers after contacts had been established between them and American relatives by the HIAS offices in the Far East working in cooperation with the local organization.

LEAVES MOTHER BEHIND

A pathetic case was that of a little boy who left his widowed mother behind him in Shanghai. He presented almost a tragic figure wearing a cut down suit of clothes of his dead father. Upon being questioned by the immigration officials, he said that his mother had read that the climate of Los Angeles would be beneficial for the type of asthma from which he is suffering.

With only ten dollars in his pockets, the boy would have been refused admittance except for intercession by HIAS officials. Work was obtained for him in a camp near Los Angeles and arrangements have been made to keep his wages intact so that he may be able to return to Shanghai to his mother when he is cured.