Mr. Chairman. this is. one other item submitted: by. this department for new service at Ellis Island which ema-. braces not only the items that have been covered by amendmeats offered by the gentleman from Illinois. but practically an addition to a half dozen or possibly 10 new projects on this island. The. committee held very extensive hearings and went very thoroughjy into the necessity for this additional space atthis immigration station. and after: going carefully into it we reached the conclusion that the only necessity existing at this. time was to have the item written into the bill for. an addi!tional story upon one of these. buildings.. and this we did. Now. the evidence before the committee shows that this. additional: story on this building was to provide for. office space. There is: no evidence. that every single officer on the island now has not sufficient office space.
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