Disappointed for sure, but why was he refused entry into the "the US of A"?
Never heard of the reason, but... going through the list of objections,'idiots, imbeciles, feeble minded, professional beggars, persons afflicted with loathsome or dangerous contagious disease.... I came to item 23, that says... 'Persons whose passage paid by another',
and here was the pitfall overlooked by our uncle when he scrupulous answered the questionaire by stating 'person paying passage is my father'.