A young man, George Kuzmickas, had a very sad experience while traveling from Lithuania to America. George Kuzmickas was going to his sister and brother-in-law, who lived at 1732 N. Lincoln St., Chicago, Ill. He arrived in New York on the 29th of August last year.

This young man lost his sister's address and for that reason was detained on Ellis Island for three weeks. He had no way of notifying his relatives of his detention on Ellis Island. Finally he was taken in by the Slavonic Immigrant Society, which found him employment on a farm. There he worked one month and received as compensation for his services about $5 worth of clothing, and a ticket to Pottsville, N. Y.

From Pottsvile, N. Y., he was sent, by an agent named George J. 2 Keek, to farmer C. D. Craudall, South Hamilton, Madison Co., N. Y., where young Kuzmickas worked two months with no pay at all. Kuzmickas' relatives made every effort to have him come to Chicago when they found out where he was, but there were some complications, and the relatives could not get him to Chicago, for it required a lot of money to release him from the party with whom he was staying. Threats were even made to return him to Lithuania where he came from. His relatives were very much excited and did not know what to do nor where to go for help. The situation appeared quite difficult to his relatives, who tried hard to have Kuzmickas come to Chicago. His sister, especially, was grieved over her brother's detention, for she had expected him in Chicago for a long time. Finally, George Kuzmickas was released from the party with whom he was staying and working for nothing like a white slave. His sister sent him twenty-three dollars for his transportation. This enabled him to reach Chicago on February 2, 1914, after spending four months slaving among strange people in the strange land to which he had come to 3 make his home permanently. His desire was to become a citizen of this great nation, called the land of freedom and democracy.

The question is now whether this young man, Kuzmickas, was given aid or whether he was exploited like a white slave. If he was exploited than he must receive compensation for his work during the period he was there, and the guilty one should be punished by the law of this great land.

Mr. G. Kuzmickas' case must not be forgotten. We must appeal to the proper authorities and request them to investigate this case immediately. In order to protect our future immigrants from such experiences, we request those who know of similar occurrences inform the Naujienos Immigrants' Department. Our duty is to help those immigrants who are illegally exploited by strangers.