Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 December 1923 — Page 8

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FIERY CROSS "Friday December 28, 1923

A Perfect "At-One-Menf

A great Christian leader has saicl that "atonement," if pronounced "at-6ne-ment," gives the true definition of the word. At-one-ment in all oiu notions with each other, and at-Onc-ment with God and the principles of tho Christian religion are then the gouls which v.e as Junior Klausnien must strive to attain. Say, for instance, that we have iu mind some fellow who lias given us tho worst end of a deal. We may tell some; of our friends of this net, ond they all admit that wo were handed the raw end, and may even try to help us figure out some way to "get hack tit that fellow, if It's the lust thins we do."

If, then, we do carry out this plan for revenge, It won't he the lasL tiling wo do, hut one. of the first, which will eventually lead us farther and farther away from the truly Christian path. 'Wo will hecome Bidot racked from our atonement, or our at-ono-meut with Cod and mankind. To ho squaro in our actions, no matter how we are treated that is the road the Junior Klansman must travel if he Is sincere in his desire to perpetuate tho standing and ideals of the true American order for the youth of this country, who will come Into It after ho has passed on into tho ranks of tho senior order. And when we, as Junior Klansmen, who have lived up to our mission of at-one-ment In our order, go into that of which our fathers are now members, we will experience no difficulty In carrying on our course of at-one-

ment, for we shall have learned to guide ourselves properly through the

sheer force of habit. At-one-ment with God and man

kind will be much easier tor us if we at first reach a stage of at-one-ment with ourselves." It is not only that tills v.111 make our rcconiiliation

with otheTs easier, but that such

expiation can not be attained until wo are In perfect accord with ourselves. Tho "dual personality" example is often used, reused and misused by

persons to explain their Septal inconstant, actions and traits. It is no dual personality that -.causes us to

trine OacK at a urotiier fellowmarU .vhen we feel that even though It

aiay seem justifiable, it is not in accord with deepseated beliefs that we have through knowledge of the right. ;t is merely that we are not at the -loint of at-oue-ment with ourselves, ind can not, therefore, be at any such perfect point of understanding with others. That which we call "conscience" he knowledge of rifrht and wrong hrough past experience and with divine help receives paramount consideration in the orientation of ourselves with "us." We must first point in the right direction, as does the mariner's compass, but after we are

:) aligned, we must not forget that

liigher power through Whose aid we

ire kept as active, reliable instruments, to whom others may come for

guidance.

And when others seek heln

Aliens Fill Public Institutions, ' ' DeclaresSecretary of Labor

Foreigner Cares Nothing for Home Ties and Fifty Per Cent Do Not Make Effort to Become Naturalized in Long Period Thousands of Illegal Votes Cast

In an article in the Saturday Evening Post of December 8, James J. Davis, under the caption, "Who 'Ate the American People?" gives figures which when carefully analyzed, emphasize flie peril America now faces through lax immigration laws. "Recent investigators," says Mr. Davis, "have disclosed a high rate of what they call social inadequacy jinionp- tlio fm-eien born in America

through us, we can but refer them to I much hicrher than that of our

t'ie power wr.icn kppps us iravciin

-squarely along the level of time to he power of God and His Son, Jesus

Christ.

In so doing, we have proven to innelveH that our own at-one-ment with ourselves is petfect, and that we desire to make our at-one-ment with God and mankind the same. First, Junior Klansmen, let us look to and fit ourselves for our perfect at-one-ment then strive to enlarge ur field of vision to circumscribe all mankind, and our actions within the larger circle. That alone is perfect at-one-ment, and the only way in which w may attain it is through a sincere analysis of ourselves, and the'n acting upon the knowledge we have gained,

classifying it in such manner that it may be brought to light in our actions with men of every station of life. To the lads who desire to attain the at-one-ment with themselves and

with God and mankind, living up to the true Christian - principles set forth in the Junior Knights of the Kii Klux Klan are the proper steps to achievement. The Junior Klansman.

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despite exclusion acts or immigration statutes. Can Not Deport "Under our present laws it is ab

solutely impossible for the federal

authorities to keep in touch with the alien for even a few hours after he

enters this country. Once he is in

there is no machinery for keeping track of him. So long as he keeps out of sight he is safe, and under the law any alien who has been in the United States five years, no matter how he came or what his condition was upon his arrival, can not be deported." Mr. Davis says that it is estimated that today there are approximately

five thousand Chinamen -in New York alone who are in this country illegally, and that means for rounding up these men who are outside

the law, is very small. If each of the men were arrested and deported,

it would cost the government $1,000,000 to get them back to China. This money, Mr. Davis said, is not available. "What kind of an American," asks Mr. Davis, "can be mad tr out of the individual whose first experience of this country conies through defiance

of her laws and evasion of authority? He comes through crime and he brings crime 'With him. He is an outlaw from the moment he lands on American soil. He has learned con

tempt for law and order, for all that America stands for. He is the raw material from which is manufactured the population of our jails and penitentiaries. No Respect for Home "The criminal and charity records of our great cities show plainly that there is something wrong, either in

the alien who comes to America or in the way America treats her alien population. It is in the crowded slums of the cities that the alien is at his worst. Here the second generation, the sons and daughters of the Eu

ropean peasants who finds his way to this land of promise, grow up in an atmoF;phere of viciousness. 'The re-

whole population. In plain words, this means tliat there are more foreign born in cur jails, penitentiaries, insane asylums, homes for the feeble-minded, the deaf, the dumb and the blind, in proportion to the for

eign-born population than there are

of native-born stock.

"The figures of investigators who have gone into this matter are truly astounding. They indicate that the taxpayers of America in the various states are -paying 7.63 per cent of their total tax hills to maintain institutions to care for the socially inadequate of foreign stock. A recent survey fount! that 44.09 per cent of all the inmates of such institutions

were foreign born or of foreign-born or mixed parentage. The people of the state of New York are now seeking to initiate a movement to have

the state collect from the federal government the sum of $17,400,000. which they claim is due it for the institutional care of insane aliens who were permitted to enter the country despite the immigration regulations, or who developed insanity after their admission, over a period of years. .Authorities hold that similar conditions obtain as to criminals, imbeciles, feeble-minded, crippled, epileptic and other classes which must have custodial care at the expense of the community.

"This is a case where the federal

government makes the laws and the state governmente pay the bills. Imperfect Inspection "There are many causes for social inadequacy among our alien population and their children. In the first

m, aii em.il .11 insuecuoii aie fc f t,)e fl f. more or less fallible. The public- ,, i: i,

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is lost. "Often the parents fail to grasp the significance of American customs, institutions and . laws; fail even to learn the English language. As a result the children are gradu-

ground that it has in it some of the elements of espionage. If I thought this possible I could not support it,

nut I can not find any basis for this objection. The registration lists of our citizenship have never been a basis of espionage, and to my mind there is no more reason to believe that the enrollment of the alien would subject him to any surveillance that has not. been imposed upon every citizen through the registration as a voting qualification. No man whose life is open and aboveboard would object to enrolling himself as a prospective good citizen any more than any American today objects to enrolling himself as a voter.

PROGRESSIVES BLOC STUHN THE SADDLE

Predicted That Deadlock Senate Will Last for Some Time

in

Education of Aliens "There is a clear inconsistency in our treatment of the alien. We provide under our state laws that every child, whether native or foreign born, must attend school. We insist upon years of schooling to fit our own sons and daughters for citizenship. We provide schools for the

children of the alien and enforce their attendance. But we accept without an effort at education hundreds o- thousands of adult foreigners who are vastly more in need of schooling in Americanism than the child who has from birth lived in the atmosphere of America, under American institutions. This plan for the

education of the adult alien would not entail additional expense to the federal government. By the payment annually of a small fee prior to naturalization say, of ten dollars the alien would defray the ex

penses of his own schooling in Americanism. If by force of circumstances the alien was unable to pay we could remit the fee. But the great bulk of our alien population is well able. to pay such an amount, and to my mind would be more 'than willing to pay for the benefits which would follow.

WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 22. The Progressive bloc is still in the

saddle in the Senate, the deadlock continues, and Senator Cummins ia

facing defeat in the end of the struggle for the chairmanship of the interstate commerce committee of the upper branch of Congress. Nine more ballots were taken today in vain to elect a chairman. The first three ballots gave Cummins 37, Smith 39 and Couzens 14. On the fourth roll call of the day, Senator

Borah tried to start something by voting for Senator Fess of Ohio. On later ballots he was joined by Senator Willis of Ohio voting for Fess, but that movement did not gain momentum. On the fifth ballot, Senator Edge of New Jersey voted for his colleague, Senator McLean. The latter "received one vote only on two ballots.

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DOVER, Ohio, Dee. 18. He was a native of sunny Italy and ha was eager to become a citizen of the United States. When he appeared before 0. P. Anderson, United States naturalization eSraminer at New Philadelphia, he was asked the usual Questions, most of which, due to efficient coaching, he wa3 able to answer well enough to pass. "Now," said Anderson, "Do you know why the Fourth ef July la celebrated, in the United States?" "Sure," replied the man from Italy, with a knowing smile, "That's the day the United States got through fighting Christopher Columbus."

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health service, which provides the

medical attendants at our immigra- i tion stations, says that properly tof

examine mentally all the arrivals at Ellis Island, for example it would he necessary largely to increase their force and their funds. At present a complete mental test , can not be imposed on every arrival. As a result a mental examination of I the alien is made only when it Is j apparent from his appearance or behavior that there is probably some , defect in his mental make-up. As a ! result border-line cases, or incipient

j c ases of insanity or other defect, are j often overlooked. They succeed in j passing the inspection at the port of , entry, and once they are in this

cou itry they arc lost to view until they turn up in some state institution, to be cared for at the expense f the taxpayer"Another prolific source of social inadequate.? among our alien population is the smuggied alien the foreigner who enters the United States surreptitiously, in violation of our laws and without inspection. The

smuggling of aliens has become a regular trade since the United States imposed a numerical limit upon the immigrants coming from Europe. We have put up the bars against European immigrants, but we find them crawling under the bars in numbers which we can only estimate. Many and devious are the schemes for smuggling aliens into

he United States. - We have found them coming by every means of transportation and in every guise. Our thousands of miles of land borders and our vast expanse of oast line offer wealth of opportunity for the hardy outlaw who, tempted by the vast profit in the traffic, engages to pour the poison of illicit immigration into the lifeblood of American civilizaton. "The actual number of surrepti

tious entries is difficult to calculate, but it has been conservatively estimated that 100 individuals a day are coming into the United States. in violation of the Jaw. Some authorities .ire of the opinion that the number is as high as 1,000 a day.

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themselves in the great southwest. The illicit traffic in aliens runs side

by side with the illicit traffic hi rum and the vile commerce in narcotic drugs. Many of our railroad employes are co-operating in an effort to halt the traffic, and the sheriffs of some border counties aid the federal

forces. "One of the chief means of smuggling immigrants today has been contrived as an evasion of the Seaman's Law. Under this law foreign sailors entering- an American port and leaving their vessels may remain in the United States sixty days while they seek berths in an outbound

ship. They simply leave their ships,

wander away from the seacoast and are lost sight of. Hundreds of these ; pseudo sailors were found not long ! ago at work in an eastern industrial : plant. On the Pacific - coast the I Chinese sailor, or rather the Chinese I who claims he is a sailor, finds his

way into the United States under

ally alienated from the family life and find their way to the streets, where they learn their lessons in Americanism from the vilest elements of our population. Tho result is a wrecked family life, and without a stable, united family, firm in its respect for the sanctity of home and . marriage, we cannot maintain a social structure that will justify American civilization. "The alien who comes to A.merica,

however strong he may be mentally

and physically, is often bewildered

by the totally changed conditions which he finds here. He is at a loss to fit himself into his new environment, for in most cases he has been horn and lived on the soil and under the conditions which surrounded his ancestors for generations. Everj'thing is new and strange, and he clings to his old customs, his old

language tenaciously, as a matter of self-protection. Many Illegal "Votes Cast "It is these things which contrib

ute to the problem of the naturaliza

tion of the alien. For it is a fact that

the average alien is in America ten years before he undertakes to clairrf the legal exercise of the rights and

privileges of citizenship. It is these things which give us an alien popiylation, unnaturalized, of upwards of 7,000,000. A federal judge recently said that in his naturalization work at' the army camps during the war he was astounded at the number of aliens who thought they were citizens, although they had never been naturalized. He said that he found many of them who voted regularly, despite the fact that they had no legal right of suffrage. He asserted his belief that in some close jcongreRsional districts there were illegal alien voters enugh to prove the balance of power in an election. To many of these aliens the only naturalization or Americanization

authority is the precinct captain of a political party.

"Surely these conditions call for a

remedy. America owes a duty to the

stranger who is admitted to this country. It furthermore owes a duty to itself, in the present and in

the days to come. 1 or an alien pop

nlation which fills more than its

share of onr jails and msnne

asylums Is hardly the source from

which we can draw a sturdy up.

standing citizenship for the future, The occupants of charitable institutions and homes for the feeble

minded are hardly the stock that will parent men and women fit to cope with the manifold problems which

the nation will face in the future." Enrollment Plan Advanced

Mr. Davis -endorses an enrollment plan whereby all aliens may be kept track of in America, and the issuance of an identification card. The alien unable to produce this card when called upon, would after an impartial investigation, be summarily denorted.

"This enrollment plan," said Mr. Davis, "is no radically new depar

ture in oy American scheme of things. Every American citizen who Hve3 in our cities under the law

must register himself before he can

exercise the right of suffrage. There

has been suggested some objection

Opposition Expected "There is in this proposal nothing in the direction of discrimination as to race or creed. It uld enable us to help every good alien and to deport every bad alien. Of course, there will be opposition. There are those who fatten on the ignorance of

the alien, who make a financial profit out of the alien's difficulties and distress These will be aligned against any move in the direction-'of eliminating that ignorance and that distress. There are those who make a living by charging the alien high fees for services' in connection with, naturalization proceedings, a service which ought to be rendered by the federal government without cost. These, too, will oppose any simplification of the system of naturalizing the alien. "But no honest American, honestly seeking to better conditions in Amer

ica, and no honest alien, honestly seeking the best that he can get for himself and his in America, will oppose this plan."

Minnesota, and Frazier of North Dakota. The others of the more pronounced Republican - Progressive type did not join them, but continued

to vote for Couzens. Senators Hiram Johnson of California and Capper of Kansas, the farm bloc leader, bolted the Republican ranks today and voted for Couzens, Progressive candidate. Altogether, 23 ballots have now been taken for the chairmanship of this committee, and no election. Views on Deadlock Senators Watson of Indiana and Moses of New Hampshire, both prominent in the Republican leadership in the Senate, went to the

White House today and gave President Ooolidge opposite views regard

ing the possible outcome or the deadlock. Senator Watson told the President that Senator Smith, Democrat, wcrtild be chosen. The Indiana senator stated that he has information ""that Senators Norris and Howell of Nebraska, who have been voting with

the insurgents of the Senate to block the election c Cummins, will shortly switch to Smith. It is thought their' two votes will elect Smith and thereby end the long struggle. Senator Moses, who was in conference with the President today, de

clared with much emphasis that Sen

ator Smith will not be elected. He said that Senators Norris and Howell will not switch to Smith. In his opinion the deadlock will last for some time, and when it is broken it will be found that Senator Cummins has been victorious.

to be $40,000. The Klan plans to erect a tabernacle as soon as possible after the purchase of the farm and it is proposed to hold meetings there during the winter. A clubhouse and golf course, for members exclusively, will be added in the spring.

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY'S PLACE IX RESEARCH A noted professor has said: "We imagine that it is in the laboratory that men discover new truth and that if we can only provide well-equipped labba.tories, important truth will soon be discovered. That is not the

case. Real discoveries are actually made in the library and subsequently tested out in the laboratory. A new discovery is a new combination of old ideas, and those combinations are most likely to occur to the mind of the scientist, not when he is handling material things, but when he is brooding over the thoughts of other men and rethinking thera 'himself.

In those hours of profound reflection, the new combination may occur to him and then he goes to his laboratory to verify or disprove. The library remains the great essential to discovery."

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Newspapers Flay Klan During Raid Silent About Americans After Convictions

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Dec. 19. Although not generally known as a psychic or Hindoo seer, the Rev. F. F. D. Reade. pastor of the Refomed Presbyterian church here, recently

startled members of his congregation by declaring there is not a single Klansman on the roster of his church. He has also announced

plan3 for a sermon on "Zeal Without

Knowledge," in which he said he

would tell why Christians should not join the Knights. The Rev. Reade

seems to have chosen a fitting topic

Church Crowded to Hear Sermon on Protestantism VALPARAISO, Ind., Dec. 22. The mere announcement by the Rev.

Chester Wharton of Valparaiso that

his sermon text Sunday evening would .be, "Are You a Protestant?"

filled the church to overflowing. In prefacing his sermon, Mr. Wharton

said: "This large assembly proves that the people are waking up to the

realization that the Protestant world must take a stand for its existence."

The central thought of his sermon

was that the Bible was the only

thing in connection with our religion

that is infallible." The sermon was unusually well received.

MUSKEGON, Mich., Dec. 27,

Eight of the alleged bootleggers who

were arrested here ia a raid recently were convicted and given jail sen

tences in the Muskegon circuit court

Wednesday.

When the raid was made, it was

held by the newspapers as a sort of

fake, owing to the fax;t that the evi

dence was alleged to have been fur

nished by the Ku Klux Klan. Rather than to give the Klan credit, news

paper articles were written so as to make it appear that the whole raid was a mistake, and played up a supposed fight between the Klan and certain officers of the law.

Now that some of the alleged law

violators have really been convicted thereby proving that those responsible for the raid knew what they

were doing, these same newspapers

have evidently forgotten the first details of the case and the Klan is not mentioned in their articles pertaining to the convictions.

French Lean to Little Allies

PARIS, Dec. 22 The French Sen

ate adopted the measures authoriz

ing advances of 400,000.000 francs to Poland, and 300,000,000 to Jugo

slavia. The measures were previ

'ously approved by the chamber of

deputies.

MIXERS' GIFT TO CHILDREN DUQUOIN, 111., Dec. 22. Frank Farrington, president of the Illinois United Mine Workers' organization, now in a hospital at Rochester, Minn., recovering from an operation, has wired Mrs. Minnie E. Smith of Duquoin, district superintendent of the Illinois Children's Home Society, advising that the miners' organization has contributed $500 to the society as a Christmas gift. This is an annual donation from the state miners' organization.

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