Frances Kellor

Immigration and the Future Frances Kellor

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV FUTURE MIGRATION I A T the beginning of 1921, with a new administration--. in Washington, America has a racial situation which for its complexity and delicacy is second to none in the world. England, with its colonial problems, has no more difficult task than has America with its racial problems; for it must bring together, through the leaven of Americanism, the members of many races which have been torn asunder by the war; it must reestablish between native and foreign born the confidence which the war has shaken; and it must reinstate the faith of the foreign born in its Constitution and in its institutions. Furthermore, in international questions it must have a fine appreciation of the feelings of one-third of its people who are personally and, therefore, deeply interested in foreign affairs; and an equally true appreciation of the feelings of two-thirds of its people who care little or nothing about foreign affairs. This condition is, in part, the result of our past methods in dealing with immigration and especially of the methods which we have adopted during and since the war. This legacy takes but little cognizance of the problems which confront America with reference to future immigration. For Europe has also received a legacy on emigration from the war which she hopes soon to invest for her own future welfare. Her action in this respect will create additional problems for America, as well as for all other countries of immigration. Conditions in Europe and America are vastly different and the fact that Europe and America now hold diverse points of view upon immigration challenges our attention. Europe is a jumble of nationalities, each of which aspires to be a nation. These aspirations culminated in the war; and Europe was reorganized al...