Speech #590092021

It is not our way of legislating. Mr. President. if the amendment of the Senator from New Hampshire shall prevail. it Is not unfriendly to this scheme: When any State or Territory appoints and maintains at Its own expenseLet the State do that for a yearan agent to represent It at any of the immigrant stations of the United States such agent shall. under regulations prescribed by the CommisslonerGeneral of Immigration. subject to the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. have access to aliens who have been admitted to the United States for the purpose of presenting. either orally or in writing. the special Inducements offered by such State or TerritoryThe amendment itself recognizes the division into States and Territoriesfor the purpose of presenting. either orally or in writing. the special inducements offered by such State or Territory to aliens to settle thetlnWhere? In such State ov Territory. the State which Is interested. which has an agent for the purpose of making known the desirability of a particular State represented by a special and particular commissionerand the CommissionerGeneral of Immigration may. when bracticableThis is all meant to help forward the projectmay. when practicable. provide space at the various immigrant stations for displays by such agents of the resources and products of their respective States and Territories. That can all be attended to by the agent. While on duty at any Immigrant station such agent shall be subject to all the regulations prescribed by the CommissionerGeneral of Inmigration. who. with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. may. for violation of any of such regulations. deny to the agent guilty of such violation any of the privileges herein granted. Mr. President. if the Senate launches this year this scheme as provided in the latter part of the amendment I have just read. it certainly is as far as we ought to go now. and one result will be that when. in accordance with the management of the Immigration Bureau. these agents have put in their work. have seen what they can of the immigrants. have made known the desirability of their States as places of home and residence. at the end of the year not only will they report to their States. but the Commissioner of Immigration will report to Congress the result of this feature that has been adopted by Congress of working in connection with him. and the Senate then will be in some position to know how far it should go in this greater. wider. greatly more expensive feature provided by the whole amendment. I certainly hope that the advocates of this measure will be content to take the amendment as left by the amnedment of the Senator from New Hampshire. M7.