Trickling Spigot

Last September President Hoover turned down the spigot on U. S. immigra- tion to conserve U. S. jobs for U. S. residents. Consuls were instructed to refuse passport visas to aliens who on arrival were likely to become public charges. If a would-be immigrant boasted of work awaiting him in the U. S., he was barred under the contract labor provision of the Immigration code. As a result of the President's orders, the Department of Labor last week announced that immigration for fiscal 1931 had dwindled to a trickle below the 100.000 mark for the first time since 1862.

During the year that ended June 30, only 97,139 aliens were admitted to the U. S. (1924 admissions: 706.896; 1930 admissions: 241,700). During the same period 61.882 left the country, an increase of 22% over 1930. During the first six months of 1931 (January to July) there was more migration gurgling back down the pipe than there was coming out, more departures than arrivals.

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