I have not any question about that. But I think there is a very strong probability that in the end. and before very long. the work on the canal will be done under contract. and when that time arrives then the Government of the United States is practically stripped of supervision. and the wellbeing of those who are at work on the Zone is practic ally at the mercy of the contractors. The more I have heard in this debate and the more testimony Senators have given the more I am convinced that some regulation ought to be made when you undertake to repeal what may be called the "eighthour law." If eight hours is too short a time for alien labor to work. ten hours is notten full hours. If they are to be carried into that feverstricken Zone. a section of country that for various reasons is such an enemy to human health and human life. then the stronger the reason. Mr.
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