IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA.
1 , CONDITIONS AT ELLIS ISLAND. (By CW>H—Pr*«» AeeooUtion-OopTristi) (Anstralisji md N.Z. CiMe AMoaUtics.) WASHINGTON, December 7. The Secretary of Labour, Mr J. J. Davis, replying to criticism voiced in the British House of commons against the conditions at Ellis Island immigra™ tion station, New York, declared that they compared favourably with any other immigration station abroad. He said immigrants in America received better treatment, and food and sanitary conditions were better than in any other part of the world.
Mr Davis added that, as a Welshman and a member of the American Welsh societies, he had invited Mr Lloyd George to visit the United States to inspect Ellis Island.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17634, 11 December 1922, Page 11
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