Speech #570044664

Therefore Mr. Dunns presence here in obedience to orders from the Department was to aid in the construction. of a new law. and as far as his evidence was required by the officials of the Department in the construction of such a law he was used to that effect and then told to go back. This letter states that he remained in an advisory capacity with the delegation from the Pacific coast. and later at the request of the Committee on Immigration of the Senate. He was not detailed to represent the Treasury Department of the United States Government. to sit at the executive sessions of the Committee on Immigration and make statements which have proven to be false. nor to make suggestions that would mislead the members of that committee in the construction of the details of the proposed law. When this bill was reported from the Department of the Treasury it was supposed to cover every point. by the way of suggestion only. that the Department had to offer for the assistance of the committee of the Senate. and anything beyond that which the Committee on Immigration may choose to have adopted from any information obtainable was the work of the committee. All the information that was extracted from the man who was counseling them was misleading and in several cases not true. The committee are not to blame and can not be held responsible. and I here state. knowing the man and knowing the evidence which has come before the Senate. that Mr.