Speech #600103427

They are employed to ascertain violations of postal laws regarding classifications. The Bureau of Corporations is given $175.000 for the coinpensation of special attorneys. special examiners. and special agents. employed to carry on the work of the Bureau of Corporations. For assistants to the AttorneyGeneral and of assistants to United States district attorneys in naturalization cases. and other expenses in connection with them. $150.000 is appropriated. Moreover. a permanent appropriation of $2.500.000 in each year is available to the Department of Commerce and Labor. It is out of this fund that the special agents are paid. both here and abroad.* to obtain information relating to the violation.of alienlabor laws and the immigration laws. A large number of iispectors and agents are so employed. In the report of the Secretary of Commerce and Labor it is pointed out that 2.172 contract laborers have been removed from the country during the past year. In addition "every effort has been made to mete out appropriate punishment to the individuals and corporations found violating the law." Ie points out that about 30 cases arose during the year. and he mentions certain cases specifically. In the sundry civil act the following appropriations are carried: For the authorized expenditures of the Interstate Commerce Commission. $700.000. to enforce compliance with section 20 of the Hepburn Act (act to regulate commerce). including the employment of necessary special agents or examiners. $350.000. -to carry out the objects of the "act concerning carriers engaged in interstate commerce and their employees." $10.000. to enable the commission to keep informed regarding comnpliance with the " act to promote the safety of employees and travelers upon railroads. including the employment of inspectors. $100.000.