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On the contrary. I had expressly disclaimed any such criticism and had said that it might be true. and probably is true. that they have not. and the purpose I had was not with a view of making any criticism of that kind upon the committee. but to bring to the attention of the Senate the necessity of having the bill as reported printed with such changes as have been made in italics. not with a view of testing whether or not the conferees have exceeded their function. but for the purpose of enabling us to see whether or not we would agree with the conclusions reached by the committee as to this being the bill which should be passed. I had mentioned by way of illustration that so far as I could catch the reading from the desk there have been very material changes made in the matter of the regulations as to contract labor. I may be mistaken about that. but it sounded to me so from hearing the report read at the desk. For that reason I desire that the bill. in so far as it assumes to be substantially a reprint of existing law. shall be printed so as to indicate by italics wherever it varies from existing law.