Speech #520113554

It simply refers to the plantnecessary to treat an infected vessel by disinfecting the vessel and its cargo. and where a State quarantine happens to be nearer the port of entry than another quarantine. if that State quarantine is equipped with such plant. it gives the Marine Hospital Service authority to send the vessel to that quarantine for treatment. The next amendment of the Committee on Epidemic Diseases was to insert as a new section the following: SEC. 7. That whenever it shall be shown to the satisfaction of the President that by reason of the existence of cholera or yellow fever in a foreign country there is serious danger of the introduction of the same into the United States. and that notwithstanding the quarantine defense this danger is so increased by immigration that a suspension of the same is demanded in the interest of the public health. the President shall have power to suspend immigration from such countries or places and for such period of time as he may deem necessary.