European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes log 7 new 1j.s immigration policy damaged Good neighbor relationships feared. Washington a Foric first time in the nation s his tory a Barrier was raised Mon a that will limit the number of a migrant from North Adouth America who can enter fhe United state department which opposes the ceiling fears it wills Mage . Relations with its hemispheric neighbors especially those two which Are closest Mexico and Canada. The limitation is a major Fea Ture of the new immigration pol icy enacted by Congress in 1985that becomes fully effective monday after a three year phas ing in period. There already is a mounting clamor in Congress for changes in the Law. Outside the Western Hemi sphere the full implementation of the Law Marks the final remo Val of All traces of the quota system that dominated . Immigration policy for 40 years. From now on All Immi Grants except those who Are immediate relatives of person sin the United states will be in a worldwide Competition for the170,000 visas that will be granted each year on a first come first served basis within a Range of specific categories. The 170,01 0 figure covers All countries outside the Western the Western hemisphere nations a similar Competition will determine who fills another120,000 openings available under the new ceiling. And Germany and the scandi Navian countries which enjoyed the largest quotas under the old system. Their quotas were never filled which Means they have no backlog of applicants for visas such As the Low quota coun Foj ii t v.Iii/5� Jcj a v v v u on the basis of the three tries have. And the decisive fac years experience under the Tor now in determining who gets Law removal of the quotas will a visa is the length of time an hit hardest at Ireland England applicant has been waiting for ill candidates Inder Par for More Leader new York a Roy in Lis acting head of the Congress of racial Equality Core said sunday that none of the residential hopefuls comes up to Par for said he personally urges negroes to Register but not vote ibo As to refuse to make a Choice Between the lesser of two whether that will be the offi Cial policy of Core remains to e decided later in the summer Innis appeared on the webs to program Mulkey mouse programs we can t say that we won support any candidate but the chances Are highly unlikely Innis said. We re in n hell of a spot he said. None of them comes unto Par. They Are All playing with Mickey mouse James Farmer one time head of Core and now a Brooklyn congressional candidate on the Republican ticket said sunday that the Republican party would take an awful beating Fin negro communities if Rich lard m. Nixon became the party s presidential candidate. Factory fire flames from the Roose velt paper company in Philadelphia spread throughout the firm s Block Square Complex before firemen finally were Able to bring the nine alarm Blaze under control. No damage estimate was Given. A photo mayor s task Force reports Advance planning indicated in Pittsburgh riots i neighbourhoods death of or. Pittsburgh up a Spe i Cial mayor s task Force Here re ported that civil disorder in the City s predominantly negro following the Martin Luther King or. Showed some Advance planning and in a report the task Force said it found no evidence to Date that the Pittsburgh disturbances were part of a National conspiracy the task Force did find that. At least initially the burning an looting were highly selective the report said. Signs were quickly placed on protected establishments in uie Hill District and in Home Wood. The printing i of placards the making of fire bombs the selectivity in establishments chosen for destruction All of these Point to some Advance planning and prepare task Force can that Pittsburgh was a target City for some form of action during the summer of 1968, but that the timetable was edition. The Erhard visits Texas fair san Antonio Tex. A former West German Chan Colloq us wig Erhard downed some German Beer and pretzels Sun Duy on a visit to the san Antonio. World s fair. He was to Fly Back to Germany monday. Vance by the tragic King As a result of the april Dis orders the report said a woman died from Burns suffered in a firebombing. 926 persons were arrested 33 firemen and 12 policemen were injured 505 fires were set and damage ranged into the millions of dollars. More than 3,000 National guardsmen occupied the City for five Days. The seven member fact finding team was appointed by mayor Joseph m. Barr to probe the widespread arson and looting be tween april 5 and 12. Several negroes refused to serve on the task Force because they were too its recommendations the task Force gave top priority to the preservation of order and the Protection of the innocent victims of tin1 the report said youths were responsible for most of the arson and Rock throwing but adults participated in looting. Some Ofuyu agitation came from self appointed leaders opportunists and other types of activists who single out existing institutions and democratic processes As the targets for their venom and per Sonal ambitions it task Force noted there was evidence of growing unrest in the negro neighbourhood to fore april. Incidents of fire bombing and looting have continued since it said. Fire bombs caused about $140,000 in damage to businesses in Inte grated neighbourhoods in the past week. The report called for imme Diate strengthening of the police Force particularly beat men an expanded details in the narcotics intelligence and Community relations divisions. It also urged training of More Mobile tactical units to handle dior Ler. The committee urged support and pressure for immediate and extensive Federal and or stat gun control legislation the task Force recognizes the findings of sociologists and oth ers that the negro today is seek ing identity self determination also working against the Irish i in particular is the emphasis inthe new Law on reuniting Fame ies. Nearly 75 per cent of the visas in the various categories go to relatives of . Citizens or resident aliens. This has proved a Boon to Italy and other Southern european countries where the tendency is for whole families to in Ireland the tradition is for Only the oldest son or Daugh Ter to seek Fortune in America and with no close relatives Here they will have to compete with All other nations for the relatively Small number of visas open to itself the hemispheric ceiling is viewed As unwise and unnecessary by the state depart ment since . Immigration from the Western hemisphere has averaged Only 125,000 a year for the past 10 it much worse in the department s View is the fact that the Large number of cubans fleeing from Castro s regime will a counted among the 120.000 permissible immigrants. Airlift arrivals twice a Day. Five Days a wee since dec. 1, 1965. Airliners have been Landing in Miami carrying cuban refugees. Since the Airlift began the arrival rate has been about 45.000 a year. Special legislation permits them to adjust from refugee to immigrant Sta Tus after two years and those doing so will be counted among the 120,000.a state department projection for 1969 estimates 40.000 cubans will adjust their status thereby making the effective ceiling for the rest of the Hemi sphere nations 80,000.over the past decade Immi Gration from Mexico has aver aged 39.000 a year from Canada 32.000. The 1969 estimate bythe state department is that Mexico will be limited to 24,300 and Canada to 17,400. House hearing this wednesday with the Law and the Opportunity to build Pride and self respect for the in the report said. But the Pittsburgh negro commune to does not have the resources three Days old hearings will be to do this task alone., Gin before a House judiciary the task Force called for in subcommittee on various pro mediate action on a list of Powals to change it. Amon specific proposals for each neigh Lem Aro Many Bills aimed at boyhood. The list included protecting countries against a minimum City housing drastic cuts below their level of goal of 1.500 new dwellings for immigration before the Law was Low and Middle income families passed each year. J other Bills would change the employment of 2,200 "hard-1 preference categories to Down Core persons by private Cor Grade the importance of reunite portions under programs Al ing families and improve the ready in operation. Chances for Job seekers to get i pressure for legislation that Sas. Still others would exempt will enable resident and Busi cuban refugees from the 120,000 Nesses in ghettos to obtain Ade Western hemisphere ceiling quate property insurance cover no action on any of them is age at reasonable rates. Likely during this Congress. But i was should asleep judge i Ansing Mich a this he was found smelling of liquor. Committed but rather was furl x a Iii. A r i. To. 11. .,.,. the Case. To i i no Lii Al 1 Iii � to w i in .--,.-, j Bejin an opinion by the \ asleep in his cur at the Side of a her. Evidence to support i i Riu. ,1 Foj .1 to Lio ii in a i in Michigan court of t a j 1 � v. � � x �. Few appeals Road. The defendant in his a charge. Melv 1 s"11 it i presents the novel question of peal questioned whether it was whether a person can commit a k1 " 1""ur to 1"1" crime while he is court said yes. The Case involved a Man who was convicted in Lansing municipal court for being disorderly. It added that although it Wasif Al Viti in. possible to be disorderly while Wise for the drinking Man to pull sleeping. Lover to the curb to sleep it of pin Guiliei circumstances in this Case the opinion said the sleep Factor did t carry any weight on the crime tha t was judicial review. It is merely the lesser of two evils and the Wisdom of the City ordinance is not subject to
