Chairman. I wish to say just a few words before the ruling is made. I do not intend to attempt to defend this commission against the charges that have been made In respect to the administration of its work nor its expenditures. but I want to take occasion to call the attention of the committee to the fact that whatever criticism there may be it can not be charged against Congress. only in so far as Congress authorized this commission and authorized the commission to defray the expenses incident to its work from the permanent indefinite appropriation for the Immigration Service. All of the facts that have been brought out here in this debate were considered a year ago and discussed. These facts came to the attention of the Committee on Appropriations at the last session of the last Congress. and It was then that we decided to repeal the permanent indefinite appropriation kmown as the "headtax" appropriation and require all receipts under the immigration law to be paid into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the general fund and to appropriate specifically hereafter for the Immigration Service. The permanent indefinite appropriation was completely exhausted. At that time we had the Information brought out hdre today. and it was upon these facts that we recommended the repeal of this permanent indefiniate appropriation.
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