5,000 Uninvited Chinese

Although 15 Chinese are in the custody of New York immigration officials, Secretary of Labor Davis estimates that there are at least 5,000 smuggled Chinese in New York City alone, that it would cost the Government $1,000,000 to deport them, and that deportation would be of little advantage since at least 5,000 more Chinese are in Cuba awaiting an opportunity to slip into this country.

From the White House came word the President would recommend to the next Congress vigorous measures to prevent the " bootlegging" of inadmissible aliens. It is said that smuggling of aliens has developed into as much of a business as rum running; any inadmissible alien can enter the country for $500; streams of illicit immigrants are pouring in from Cuba, Mexico and British Columbia.

So far the only constructive measure suggested for curbing the practice is registration of all aliens entering the country, the registration to hold until the alien leaves or is naturalized.