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a monstrous complication and injus-
ti•e it would involve.
I have said that the main burden
would fall upon the alien. Perhaps
I have been a little optimistic. If ev-
ery alien can be stopped by anybody
at any time, and asked to produce his
papers, what am I going to do if, for
By WALTER LIPPMAN,
example, I go down to Mr. Aswell's
Chief Editorial Writer of the New York World.
state—Louisiana, and somebody stops
me on the street, and says, 'Where
(Editor's Note :—The following is taken from an address de-
are your papers?" Suppose I say to
livered by Mr. Lippmann at a conference recently held in New York
the man, "I don't have to have any
to discuss alien registration and deportation bills now before Con-
papers. I was born in the United
gress. It is a brilliant and lucid exposition of the fallacies and
States." Suppose he says to me, "How
dangers of the proposed alien registration law,)
do I know you were born in the Unit-
ed States? l'rove it." I say, "I am
I understand frotn reading the Pres- a ges of 16 and 21 and pay $3.00 a very sorry, but I don't carry my birth
idint's recent message that he is be- piece for them. He is then to receive certificate around with me." He would
ginning to look with some favor upon a certificate of identification from a say, "Well, that is very nice, but I
the proposal to register all aliens in benevolent and watchful government have heard that before. You come
the United States annually, because but having done all that, he is by no over to the judge and explain that."
he regards it as possibly a necessary means through with the business of Will Mr. Aswell bail me out, or will
measure to detect those who are here registering. If he moves from Brook- he next propose a bill to register all
in violation of the law. I trust, be- yn to the Bronx, he has to report to citizens, no that they shall have proof
fore the President commits himself the post office in Brooklyn before he that it is necessary for them to reg-
finally to this policy, he will take coun- moves and to the post office in the inter?
sel, not of his Secretary of Labor, and Bronx after he gets there. If he goes
I believe that the sponsors of this
not of the fears which are no rampant away on a pleasure trip, he has to scheme hope to collect by it some
in Congress, but of those who have report to the post office and tell them $35,000,000 annually and that they
had the longest experience with the where he is going and why he is go- propose to devote that money to what
immigrant population of the United ing, and when he will be back. Ile they call the education and American-
States.
has to carry a certificate of identifi- izing of the immigrant. I would like
I think a little more careful con- cation around with him and be ready to say that they know nothing about
sideration will make it evident that to show it at any time to any agent education or Americanization, for if
this proposal is unsound in principle, of the Department of Labor, to any any one can think of a worse way of
impossible to enforce effectively and state, territorial, or local police offi- teaching a stranger in a strange land
honestly, and highly dangerous to the cer or any other busybody designated to respect this government than this
peace of the country. For it is a pro- by the President of the United States, way, I don't know what it Is. The
He has to have entered on his rec- alien will learn about the government
posal which says that because there
are a certain number of aliens in this ord a list of all the times he has been what he experiences of the govern-
country who have no right to be here, arrested, all the times he has been ment, and this measure will teach him
every alien must prove annually that convicted, and any other information that the government of the United
he has a right to be here. It is like that the Secretary of Labor thinks he States in an annoying, meddlesome,
saying that because a certain number ought to supply. If the alien is a inefficient and corrupt machine, fun-
of business men violate the Sherman woman, she has to report her mar- damentally hostile to him. He is bound
anti-trust law, every business man riage to the post office if she changes to feel in his personal experience what
shall be compelled every year to go her name. Presumably if she belongs a nuisance this law is. He is bound
before some government official, and to the Lucy Stone League, she is left to see and to know hundreds of cases
prove that he has not violated the out of that. Moreover, under Section of corruption, favoritism and evasion,
Sherman anti-trust law. It is like 14 of this comprehensive act, when- and if he is anything like the native
saying that because a certain number ever the physical appearance of an stock of this country, faced with the
of citizens of the United States com- alien is changed materially, he is to Volstead Act, he will not feel that eva-
mit murder, every one of us should be go and report that fact. I think they sion is a very serious crime. I pre-
compelled to go before the district at- are going to have sub-post office sta- dict that if this law is passed it will
torney annually and prove we have tions in the barber shops. If he or be hated and evaded and sabotaged.
she goes to a hospital, that fact has It is the kind of law which brings a
not committed murder.
I say the thing is unsound in prin- got to be reported to the post office. great government into disrepute and
ciple, because, when the alien is in the If he goes into an asylum or prison, destroys its dignity and reputation
United States, the presumption must that has to be reported, and for fail- among future citizens.
I take this position that once the
be that he has a right to be here. The ure to do any of these things he may
burden of proof is on the governmnet, be fined $100.00 or imprisoned for 60 alien is inside our boundaries, it is
days,
and
if
he
swears
falsely
in
any
our
business to win his affection, and
and it is not the business of an inno-
cent man to prove every year that he of these things, he may be fined $5,000, not to terrorize him. It is my opinion
imprisoned
for
two
years,
and
then
de-
that the way to Americanize him is
is an innocent man. It is the duty of
to give him justice, and to prove to
the government to detect the guilty ported.
All
these
records
have
to
be
made
hint in his own life that those free
and to prosecute them. I go further.
A law of this kind will certainly fail out in the post office in duplicate, then institutions we talk so much about,
to reach those whom it is designed to filed in some central place, and the exist not only in theory, but for him.
reach. It seems to me obvious that if alien has to carry around papers with It is my belief that the segregation
an alien is clever enough and unscrup- his picture and finger prints on them, of 7,000,000 aliens as a sort of semi-
ulous to get across the border of the and any of several thousand govern- criminal class under the constant
United States, he will be clever ment officials can stop him any time, watchful eye of the postmaster and
enough and unscrupulous enough to day or night and say, "Where are your the postmistress is the very opposite
evade registration. to forge certifi- papers?" and if he hasn't got them of the proper way to win their loyalty
cates, to bribe public officials, to se- and they are not in order, he is in and respect for American institutions.
cure political protection or to steal trouble and it is his duty to prove
Finally and above all, this proposal
certificates of registration. I don't his innocence.
is a reflection upon the sensibilities of
see how any one can be so innocent
The burden of all this red tape falls native Americans. There is no surer
as to suppose that the bootleg immi- on the 7,000,000 aliens who have every test of the quality of man's character
grant, so-called, is likely to go and legal right to be here. It falls hardly or the quality of a civilization, than
register himself, or go up and show at all on the minority who have no its attitude toward the stranger with-
why he shouldn't be allowed to regis- right to be here. It, therefore, seems in its gate. In the earliest Greek
ter. Suppose you passed a law saying to me obvious that this is a bill to times the stranger was regarded as
that all boctleggers in the United harass, annoy and blackmail a great one under the special protection of
States should register annually, how mass of innocent people. It is a meas- the gods. That was a legend which
much would that help you? The whole ure worked up by people who know was useful to overcome the natural
proposal reminds me of a remark that very little of the immigrant popula- brutality and suspicion of uneducated
Bernard Shaw made when somebody tion of this country and are very sus- people toward anything that is not
told him that a visitor to the United picious of it, by people who are ignor- like themselves. Every student of
States was asked whether he was a ant of the administrative problem in- civilization, I think, would agree that
polygamist. He said, "That is fine, volved, of the difficulties of enforce- the appearance of hospitality among
and I suppose that insures that if he ment and of the infinite opportunities the Greeks was one of the first and
is a polygamist, he shall also be a liar for corruption which it entails. I be- surest tests and signs of their rise out
and a hypocrite."
lieve that we in New York. where 25 of barbarism, and I resent the notion
Let us look for a moment at the per cent of the aliens reside, have a that any one should ask the Congress
details of one of these bills. I have right to say to Mr. Aswell of Louisi- of the United States by legislation to
here the bill introduced by Mr. Aswell, ana that we know more about this place this country in the category of
a congressman from Louisiana. Mr. problem than he does, and that we barbaric nations which are suspicious
Aswell is a man who feels that the resent and repudiate the proposal to of all strangers.
Post Office of the United States hasn't impose upon our community a new,
enough to do delivering letters. So burdensome, meddlesome and unen-
he has proposed a bill to make it a forcible law, on top of all the burden-
One reason why so many people
governess and chaperon of the alien some and unenforcible laws we al-
population. Mr. Aswell would like ready have Down in Louisiana neither take nor have any interest in
religion
is that they spell God g-o-l-d
where
there
are,
I
think,
45,000
al-
each alien to register himself, and pay
ten dollars the first time and five dol- iens, it may seem very easy to carry and creed with a capital G instead
with
a
small
c. — Rabbi Alexander
out
this
measure,
but
we
here
have
no
lars each succeeding year. Ile is to
register all his children between the difficulty whatever in imagining what Lyons.

"A Burdensome, Meddlesome
and Unenforcable Law„

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For many years, the Detroit Life Insurance l'o
pany has honor Id its leading agency manager, I,
President Morro Fishman, by designating the ,nub
of March as Fis:•man Month. Agents from all ter
the commonwealth of Michigan make a special
fort to contribute Fishman Month applications
appreciation of Mr. Fishman's self-abnegation
his whole-hearted desire to be helpful to other age
as well as to himself.

So Fishman Month has come to be an estalnisi
institution with the Detroit Life. A year ago,
members of the Fishman Agency set a goal of
000,000 for the agency for the month of March.
establish a Million a Month agency seemed an
usual task. The goal for the Company was set
$2,225,000. The Fishman Agency went over
Million Mark and the Company totalled $2,700,0

The Fishman Agency and the Detroit Life In:
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This year, Mr. Fishman's associates have se
goal of $1,250,000. The Company hopes to bra
all earlier records by writing a total of $3,750,C
They are asking all of their friends to help U.
honor Mr. Fishman, and honor themselves.

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M. E. O'BRIEN, President.

FRANK H. WATSON,

JAMES D. BATY,

Vice President and General Counsel.
MORRIS FISHMAN,
Vice-President.
L. D. THOMAS,
Vice-President.
JOHN R. WALSH,
Vice-Preaident.
P. H. O'BRIEN,
General Counsel.

Secretary and Treasurer.
GEORGE BARNES,
Assistant Secretary.
VICTOR A. HARRINGTON
Assistant Secretary.

H. R. CARSTENS

Medical Director.
E. C. WIGHTMAN,
Actuary.
HOMER DUCK, Assistant to the President.

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ELEVEN REAL BUYS

No. 1
4140 DODGE STREET

South side of street, near Mt. Elliott Avenue
4-room frame, quarter basement, large
garage, sewer, water, gas and electilo lights .
All paving assessments paid but one. Terms:
Cash down $1,100, balance on contract, 110
per month.

No. 2
508-10 E. HIGH

9. E. corner High and Beaublen. 1-family
solid brick, 6 rooms each. hot air heat

502 HIGH STREET

Two-story 'Old brick,
full basement. hot air

■ tore and flat shove,

Nab
1523-1525 GLYNN COURT

South aide of street, between Byron and
Wileon, brick veneer (duplex), 6 room. down
and 6 room. up Separate hot air furnaoes,
2-ear garage, side drive.
Terms: Cash 11,000, balance on contract,
1% per month.

No. 7
LOT NO. 17 MADGE AVENUE

Between Wanda and ()rand Trunk R. R, 4
large rooms and bath frame bungalow--1 un-
finlehed rooms upstairs. Terme: Cash 1300 to
MO balance 1% per month. (26% off for
men).

No. 8
NO. 100, GRIX HOME PARK SUB.

2332 BEAUBIEN

1-star) store. no basement.

2328 BEAUBIEN

1-flat, solid brick, no basement. Sm., e heat
and two-ear garage, elle 66' to alley. Rental
1600 per month.

No. 3
240 CLAIRPOINTE

1% blocks off East Jeffereon, 1-room. all
home, hot air furnace, full
modern frame
buement
„ laundry in basement. else of lot
10,020. 'farms: $500 down, balance $17 per
month.

No. 4
13501 VAUGHAN AVENUE

Lot 130, corner Vaughan & Weetfledd. Bright•
moor-Evergreen Rub., 1 block from School-
:raft Road. near Fenkell, 6-room frame house
(ties of lot 1311011. Terms: Cash 1700. balance
110 per mouth.

No. 5
724 TOWNSEND STREET

BE. corner Lafayette and Townsend. One
two-fiat building and one More and flat, full
basement, steam heat, else of lots 31.100-100'
on Lafayette. Terms: Cash $7,000, Delano'
1200 per mouth.

Sine 100.101. Terms: 12,000 down, balanoe
In one year .

No. 9
12770 HUBBELL AVENUE

East aide, South of Schoolcraft, 1 rooms and
bath, frame. Terms: 12.000 down, balance
1% per month.

No. 10
160 ACRES

Situated In the Townships of Springfield and
Groveland, lakland County, 11 mile. north of
Pontiac, % mile from Dixie Highway, front-
•10• on Austin Road. Term.: 04% cash Pay-
ment, balance on contract, payable quarterly

at 1%.

No. 11
200 ACRES

Situated In the Township. of Springfield and
Oroveland Oakland County, 16 mile. north
of Pontiac, % mile from Dials Highway,
frontage on *mein Road. Terms: 14% cash
saymeat, balance on contract payable quar-
terly at 1%.

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Clifford ea Bagley

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ItWE were boy chums, college chums, and
V v married about the same time. Our business
interests were different—but socially, we were
still chums.
"One day at the office. he asked if I would serve
a, executor of his will. I considered it a compli-
ment, and. of course. was glad to do anything
I could for an old friend.

"I didn't realize the problems that promise
would involve. I found that settling the estate,
and trying to keep in close touch with the man-
agement of his affairs. required a great deal of
time from my own business. I'm not as vigor-
ous, either, as I was when I made the promise.
The worst of it is that f cannot serve my friend's
family as well as he thought I could.”

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